Acts 9:24
but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
What it says
Saul learns of their plot, and the city gates are watched day and night so they can kill him.
What it is doing
It sharpens the danger pressing around him.
In context
23After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him, 24but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. 25One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.