Acts 9:24
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
Cross-references
In Acts 9:30, believers rescue Paul from a Jerusalem plot — a similar deliverance to the escape from Damascus here.
In Acts 9:29, Hellenistic Jews also try to kill Paul — repeating the same pattern of Jewish opposition seen in the Damascus plot.
In Acts 23:12-21, Jews swear an oath to kill Paul — a direct parallel to the conspiracy here in Damascus, foiled by divine warning.
Acts 20:3 records another Jewish plot against Paul, reinforcing the recurring pattern of danger from his own people.
Acts 23:21 describes a conspiracy with an oath to kill Paul, paralleling the earlier plot in Damascus with increased intensity.
In Acts 14:5, Jews and Gentiles plot to stone Paul in Iconium — another instance of the same kind of conspiracy seen here.
In Acts 14:6, Paul and Barnabas flee Iconium after learning of a plot — mirroring the escape from Damascus here.
In Acts 17:10-15, Paul again flees after Jewish opposition — continuing the pattern of divinely orchestrated escapes seen here.
In Acts 25:3, Jews plot to ambush Paul on the road — another conspiracy reminiscent of the gate watch here.
In Judges 16:2, the Philistines similarly surround Samson and guard the gate all night to kill him, mirroring the plot against Paul.
Psalm 37:32 describes the wicked watching the righteous to kill him, exactly the situation Paul faced in Damascus.
Second Corinthians 11:32 is Paul's own account of the same event, confirming the plot and his escape through a window.
First Samuel 19:2 has Jonathan warning David that Saul seeks to kill him, a parallel warning of a murder plot.
2 Corinthians 11:26 summarizes Paul's dangers from his own people, which includes the murder plot against him in Damascus.
Matthew 10:23 shows Jesus commanding flight from persecution, which Saul here enacts by escaping the plotted murder.
Proverbs 24:15 warns against plotting against the righteous, mirroring the wicked scheme against Saul described here.