to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
Cross References
Acts 9:24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
2 Corinthians 11:26In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
Treasury of Scripture
And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
desired.
Acts 9:2
And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
1 Samuel 23:19-21
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? …
Jeremiah 38:4
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
laying.
Acts 23:12-15
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul…
Acts 26:9-11
I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth…
Psalm 37:32,33
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him…
