Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
KJV
ἐγνώσθη δὲ τῷ Σαύλῳ ἡ ἐπιβουλὴ αὐτῶν. παρετηροῦντο δὲ καὶ τὰς πύλας ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτὸς ὅπως αὐτὸν ἀνέλωσιν·
Greek NT
Notæ autem factæ sunt Saulo insidiæ eorum. Custodiebant autem et portas die ac nocte, ut eum interficerent.
Vulgate
but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:
ASV
But their lying in wait was made known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night, that they might kill him.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- παρετηροῦντο δὲ καὶ — SBLGNT
- παρετηροῦντο δὲ καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Παρετήρουν τε — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 19:2 — But Jonathan Saul’s son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in
- 1Sam 19:12 — So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
- 2Cor 11:32 — In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
- Acts 20:3 — And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
- Acts 20:19 — Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
- Acts 25:3 — And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
- Acts 25:3 — And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
- Judg 16:2 — And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, wh
- Prov 24:15 — Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: