Acts 9:21-25

English Standard Version

²¹ And all who heard him were amazed and said, “Is not this the man who ^(A)made havoc ^(B)in 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?” ²² But Saul ^(C)increased all the more in strength, and ^(D)confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving ^(E)that Jesus was the Christ.

Saul Escapes from Damascus

^23 (F)When many days had passed, the Jews^[a] plotted to kill him, ²⁴ but their ^(G)plot became known to Saul. ^(H)They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, ²⁵ but his disciples took him by night and ^(I)let him down through an opening in the wall,^[b] lowering him in a basket.