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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/acts/9.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After a while some of the Jews plotted together to kill him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Now when many days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now after many days were past, the Jews plotted to kill him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to do away with him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to do away with him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And when many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to do away with him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And when many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to put him to death,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />After considerable time had passed [about three years or so], the Jews plotted together to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Later some of them made plans to kill Saul, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Later the Jews planned to murder Saul,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />After many days had gone by, the Jews met together and made plans to kill Saul, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />After several days had gone by, the Jewish leaders plotted to murder Saul,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />At length the Jews plotted to kill Saul;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/9.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Now when many days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And when sufficient days were completed, the Jews counselled together to put him to death:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when many days were passed, the Jews consulted together to kill him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when many days were completed, the Jews took counsel as one, so that they might put him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />After a long time had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />After some time had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />After he had been there many days, the Jews plotted against him to kill him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/9.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And as the days progressed, the Jews produced a plot against him to kill him.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/9.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />And, after many days had passed, the Jews determined to kill him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/9.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />And when many days were being filled up, the Jews issued a verdict to kill him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/9.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />But when many days were fulfilled, the Jews consulted together how to kill him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/9.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />A good while after, the Jews conspir'd to kill him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/9.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />At length the Jews plotted to kill Saul;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/9.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />And, when many days were completed, the Jews took counsel together to kill him;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/9.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />And after a considerable time, the Jews conspired to kill him:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/9-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=2890" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/9.htm">The Escape from Damascus</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22</span>But Saul was empowered all the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1161.htm" title="1161: de (Conj) -- A primary particle; but, and, etc."></a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: Hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">After</a> <a href="/greek/2425.htm" title="2425: hikanai (Adj-NFP) -- From hiko; competent, i.e. Ample or fit.">many</a> <a href="/greek/2250.htm" title="2250: hēmerai (N-NFP) -- A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. ">days</a> <a href="/greek/4137.htm" title="4137: eplērounto (V-IIM/P-3P) -- From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.">had passed,</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2453.htm" title="2453: Ioudaioi (Adj-NMP) -- Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.">Jews</a> <a href="/greek/4823.htm" title="4823: synebouleusanto (V-AIM-3P) -- From sun and bouleuo; to give advice jointly, i.e. Recommend, deliberate or determine.">conspired</a> <a href="/greek/337.htm" title="337: anelein (V-ANA) -- From ana and haireomai; to take up, i.e. Adopt; by implication, to take away, i.e. Abolish, murder.">to kill</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: auton (PPro-AM3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">him,</a> </span> <span class="reftext">24</span>but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-32.htm">2 Corinthians 11:32-33</a></span><br />In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. / But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/1-17.htm">Galatians 1:17-18</a></span><br />nor did I go up to Jerusalem to the apostles who came before me, but I went into Arabia and later returned to Damascus. / Only after three years did I go up to Jerusalem to confer with Cephas, and I stayed with him fifteen days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/22-17.htm">Acts 22:17-21</a></span><br />Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance / and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’ / ‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-20.htm">Acts 26:20-21</a></span><br />First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance. / For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-23.htm">Matthew 10:23</a></span><br />When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-20</a></span><br />If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-11.htm">2 Timothy 3:11</a></span><br />my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:15-16</a></span><br />who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, / hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-8.htm">2 Corinthians 4:8-11</a></span><br />We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. / We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-5.htm">Acts 14:5-6</a></span><br />But when the Gentiles and Jews, together with their rulers, set out to mistreat and stone them, / they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-5.htm">Acts 17:5-10</a></span><br />The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people. / But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some other brothers before the city officials, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have now come here, / and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/23-12.htm">Acts 23:12-15</a></span><br />When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/25-3.htm">Acts 25:3</a></span><br />to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-19.htm">Jeremiah 11:19</a></span><br />For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/23-14.htm">1 Samuel 23:14-15</a></span><br />And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand. / While David was in Horesh in the Wilderness of Ziph, he saw that Saul had come out to take his life.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:</p><p class="hdg">Cir.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Acts 9:16</a></b></br> For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/13-50.htm">Acts 13:50</a></b></br> But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/14-2.htm">Acts 14:2,19</a></b></br> But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/8-1.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/john/12-10.htm">Conspired</a> <a href="/john/12-10.htm">Consulted</a> <a href="/acts/5-38.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/acts/9-1.htm">Death</a> <a href="/acts/5-7.htm">Elapsed</a> <a href="/acts/7-30.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/acts/9-22.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/acts/7-28.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/acts/7-21.htm">Length</a> <a href="/acts/7-30.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/john/11-53.htm">Plotted</a> <a href="/acts/9-22.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/acts/7-57.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/acts/15-15.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/genesis/37-18.htm">Conspired</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-23.htm">Consulted</a> <a href="/acts/9-24.htm">Counsel</a> <a href="/acts/9-24.htm">Death</a> <a href="/acts/25-13.htm">Elapsed</a> <a href="/acts/12-25.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/acts/9-29.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/acts/9-24.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/acts/10-37.htm">Length</a> <a href="/acts/9-32.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/genesis/37-18.htm">Plotted</a> <a href="/acts/9-24.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/acts/10-24.htm">Together</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-1.htm">Saul, going toward Damascus, is stricken down to the earth, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-8.htm">and led blind to Damascus;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-10.htm">is called to the apostleship;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-18.htm">and is baptized by Ananias.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-20.htm">He preaches Christ boldly.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-23.htm">The Jews lay wait to kill him;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-29.htm">so do the Grecians, but he escapes both.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-31.htm">The church having rest, Peter heals Aeneas;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/9-36.htm">and restores Tabitha to life.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "many days" likely refers to a span of time that includes Saul's initial preaching in Damascus and his subsequent retreat to Arabia, as mentioned in <a href="/galatians/1-17.htm">Galatians 1:17-18</a>. This period could have lasted up to three years, suggesting a time of preparation and growth in Saul's understanding of the Gospel. It reflects the biblical pattern of God preparing His servants over time, as seen with Moses in Midian and Jesus in the wilderness.<p><b>the Jews conspired to kill him</b><br>This phrase highlights the intense opposition Saul faced from the Jewish community in Damascus. Saul, once a persecutor of Christians, now finds himself the target of persecution. This reversal underscores the transformative power of the Gospel and the radical change in Saul's life. The Jews' conspiracy to kill Saul reflects the broader pattern of resistance to the early Christian message, as seen in the hostility faced by Jesus and the apostles. This opposition fulfills Jesus' prophecy that His followers would face persecution (<a href="/john/15-20.htm">John 15:20</a>). Saul's experience here foreshadows the many trials and sufferings he would endure for the sake of Christ, as detailed in <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23-28</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul (Paul)</a></b><br>Former persecutor of Christians who experienced a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. He began preaching that Jesus is the Son of God, which led to opposition from the Jews.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_jews.htm">The Jews</a></b><br>Refers to the Jewish leaders and community in Damascus who were opposed to Saul's new message about Jesus Christ and conspired to kill him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/damascus.htm">Damascus</a></b><br>The city where Saul was headed to persecute Christians before his conversion. It became the place where he began his ministry and faced immediate opposition.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/conspiracy.htm">Conspiracy</a></b><br>The plot by the Jews to kill Saul, highlighting the intense opposition he faced early in his ministry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/escape.htm">Escape</a></b><br>Although not detailed in this verse, the subsequent verses describe Saul's escape from Damascus, which is a pivotal moment in his early ministry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/opposition_to_the_gospel.htm">Opposition to the Gospel</a></b><br>Expect opposition when proclaiming the truth of the Gospel. Saul's experience shows that even a dramatic conversion and sincere ministry can provoke hostility.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_protection.htm">God's Sovereignty in Protection</a></b><br>Trust in God's protection and provision. Despite the conspiracy against him, God provided a way for Saul to escape and continue his ministry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/boldness_in_witnessing.htm">Boldness in Witnessing</a></b><br>Be bold in sharing your faith, even in the face of danger or opposition. Saul's immediate preaching in Damascus demonstrates the transformative power of the Gospel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a></b><br>Understand that following Christ may come with personal risk and sacrifice. Saul's willingness to face danger for the sake of the Gospel is a model for all believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a></b><br>Value the support of fellow believers. Saul's escape was facilitated by the disciples in Damascus, highlighting the importance of Christian community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_different_versions_of_paul's_conversion.htm">Why does Acts record different versions of Paul's conversion story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_1_sam_19_align_with_divine_protection.htm">How does 1 Samuel 19 reconcile with accounts in other sections of the Bible where David is portrayed as protected by divine power rather than subterfuge?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_gal._1_17-18_with_acts_9.htm">In Galatians 1:17–18, Paul says he did not go to Jerusalem immediately after his conversion, yet Acts 9 suggests otherwise; how do we reconcile this conflict? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_practice_secretly.htm">Can Christians practice their faith secretly?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">After that many days were fulfilled.</span>--We learn from the more definite statement in <a href="/galatians/1-18.htm" title="Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days.">Galatians 1:18</a> that these few words cover a period of otherwise unrecorded work, extending over a period of three years. That period must have witnessed the growth of a Christian society at Damascus, with an order of discipline and worship based on the outlines of that at Jerusalem. It follows, however, from the subsequent history that, as yet, Gentile converts were not admitted to the Church as such. The special mission to them came later on (comp. <a href="/acts/22-21.htm" title="And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles.">Acts 22:21</a>), and it was natural that one, with the intense affection for his brethren according to the flesh which characterised St. Paul (<a href="/romans/10-1.htm" title="Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.">Romans 10:1</a>), should, till that mission came, have given himself mainly, or even exclusively, to the work of labouring for their conversion. It is probable, however, from the bitter antagonism of the Jews, that his teaching had already pointed to the breaking down of "the middle wall of partition" (<a href="/ephesians/2-14.htm" title="For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us;">Ephesians 2:14</a>), and the passing away of all on which they had prided themselves as being their exclusive privileges. From the first it might almost seem as if Stephen had risen from the dead, and was living again in the spirit and power of his persecutor.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="accented">When</span> for <span class="accented">after that</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">took counsel together</span> for <span class="accented">took counsel</span>, A.V. The phrase <span class="cmt_word">many days</span> is quite elastic enough to comprehend whatever time remained to make up the three years (<a href="/galatians/1-18.htm">Galatians 1:18</a>) which St. Paul tells us intervened between his conversion and his visit to Jerusalem (see ver. 43; <a href="/acts/18-18.htm">Acts 18:18</a>; 37:7; 14:3). Luke frequently uses <span class="greek">ἱκανός</span> for "many" (<a href="/luke/7-11.htm">Luke 7:11</a>; <a href="/luke/8-27.htm">Luke 8:27</a>; <a href="/luke/23-8.htm">Luke 23:8</a>). So in Hebrew, <span class="hebrew">יָמִים רַבַּים</span>, many days, is applied to considerable portions of time. In <a href="/1_kings/2-38.htm">1 Kings 2:38, 39</a>, it is applied to three years. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/9-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">After</span><br /><span class="grk">Ὡς</span> <span class="translit">(Hōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">many</span><br /><span class="grk">ἱκαναί</span> <span class="translit">(hikanai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2425.htm">Strong's 2425: </a> </span><span class="str2">From hiko; competent, i.e. Ample or fit.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="grk">ἡμέραι</span> <span class="translit">(hēmerai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2250.htm">Strong's 2250: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">had passed,</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐπληροῦντο</span> <span class="translit">(eplērounto)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4137.htm">Strong's 4137: </a> </span><span class="str2">From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the</span><br /><span class="grk">οἱ</span> <span class="translit">(hoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Jews</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰουδαῖοι</span> <span class="translit">(Ioudaioi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2453.htm">Strong's 2453: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">conspired</span><br /><span class="grk">συνεβουλεύσαντο</span> <span class="translit">(synebouleusanto)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4823.htm">Strong's 4823: </a> </span><span class="str2">From sun and bouleuo; to give advice jointly, i.e. Recommend, deliberate or determine.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to kill</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀνελεῖν</span> <span class="translit">(anelein)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_337.htm">Strong's 337: </a> </span><span class="str2">From ana and haireomai; to take up, i.e. Adopt; by implication, to take away, i.e. Abolish, murder.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him,</span><br /><span class="grk">αὐτόν</span> <span class="translit">(auton)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, she, it, they, them, same. 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