²³ After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,^(A)

²⁴ but Saul learned of their plan.^(A) Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him.

³ They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.^(A)

²¹ That is why some Jews seized me^(A) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.^(B)

⁴² The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping.