Acts 9:22-26

Saul Proclaims Jesus in Synagogues

22 But Saul m increased all the more in strength, and n confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving o that Jesus was the Christ.

Saul Escapes from Damascus

23 p When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him, 24 but their q plot became known to Saul. r They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25 but his disciples took him by night and s let him down through an opening in the wall, 1 lowering him in a basket.

Saul in Jerusalem

26 And t when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple.

  1. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:12
    I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service.
  2. Cross References
    Acts 18:28
    For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.
  3. Cross References
    Acts 9:20
    And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God.
  4. Cross References
    Galatians 1:17 - 18
    Nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
  5. Cross References
    Acts 20:3
    There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
    Acts 20:19
    Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews.
    Acts 23:30
    And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.
    Acts 23:12
    When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
    Acts 25:3
    Asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem - because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.
  6. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 11:32
    At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me.
  7. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 11:33
    But I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.
    Joshua 2:15
    Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she lived in the wall.
    1 Samuel 19:12
    So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled away and escaped.
  8. Cross References
    Acts 22:17 - 20
    When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
    Acts 26:20
    But declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.
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