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Acts 9:24

but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

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ASV

but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:

KJV

But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἐγνώσθηegnōsthēbecame knownG1097 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
τῷtō<the>G3588 →
ΣαύλῳSaulōto SaulG4569 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
ἐπιβουλὴepiboulēplotG1917 →
αὐτῶν.autōnof them.G846 →
παρετηροῦντοparetērountoThey were themselves watchingG3906 →
δὲdenowG1161 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
τὰςtastheG3588 →
πύλαςpulasgatesG4439 →
ἡμέραςhēmerasby dayG2250 →
τεteandG5037 →
καὶkaialsoG2532 →
νυκτός,nuktosnight,G3571 →
ὅπωςhopōsso thatG3704 →
αὐτὸνautonhimG846 →
ἀνέλωσιν·anelōsinthey may execute;G337 →

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2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.Judges 16:2When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.Acts 20:3where he stayed three months. And when the Jews formed a plot against him as he was about to sail for Syria, he decided to go back through Macedonia.Acts 20:19I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.Psalms 55:10Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.1 Samuel 19:2so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.Acts 17:10–15As soon as night had fallen, the brothers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went into the Jewish synagogue.Psalms 21:11Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.Judges 16:2–3When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”Acts 14:5–6But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them,Acts 9:29–30He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.Acts 25:11If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”Psalms 37:32–33Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,Acts 23:12–21When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.Acts 23:30When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.Acts 14:6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,

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