Acts 9:24
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.”
πύλη
Gate, large door, entrance. Pule. Enter through the narrow gate. The gate is not secret or hidden. It is narrow. It requires humility to enter. Pride cannot fit through it.
γινώσκω
became known
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γινώσκω
To know, to understand, to perceive. Ginosko. This is eternal life that they may know You. The deepest knowing is relational not informational. God wants to be known.
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νύξ
night,
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νύξ
Night, darkness. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. Your identity is light.
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ἡμέρα
by day
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ἡμέρα
Day. Hemera. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is a gift from God. The right response to any day is rejoicing in the One who gave it.
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ὅπως
so that
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ὅπως
what(-ever) how, i.e. in the manner that (as adverb or conjunction of coincidence, intentional or actual)
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παρατηρέω
They were themselves watching
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παρατηρέω
They were themselves watching
to inspect alongside, i.e. note insidiously or scrupulously
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Σαῦλος
to Saul
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Σαῦλος
Saulus (i.e. Shaul), the Jewish name of Paul
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ἐπιβουλή
plot
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ἐπιβουλή
a plan against someone, i.e. a plot
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