Acts 9:19-23

19and ataking food, he was strengthened.

Saul Proclaims Jesus in Synagogues

For bsome days he was with the disciples at Damascus.
20And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, cHe is the Son of God.” 21And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who dmade havoc ein Jerusalem of those who called upon this name? And has he not come here for this purpose, to bring them bound before the chief priests?” 22But Saul fincreased all the more in strength, and gconfounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving hthat Jesus was the Christ.

Saul Escapes from Damascus

23 iWhen many days had passed, the Jews
The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
plotted to kill him,
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