³ And there he spent three months, and when ^(A)a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for ^(B)Syria, he decided to return through ^(C)Macedonia.

¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me ^[a]through ^(A)the plots of the Jews;

A Plot to Kill Paul

¹² Now when it was day, ^(A)the Jews formed a ^[a]conspiracy and ^(B)bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

³ requesting a favor against ^[a]Paul, that he might ^[b]have him brought to Jerusalem (while they ^(A)set an ambush to kill him on the way).