20 He immediately began to spread the word in their synagogues that Jesus was the Son of God.
21 Everyone who heard him was amazed. They asked, “Isn’t this the man who destroyed those who worshiped the one named Jesus in Jerusalem? Didn’t he come here to take these worshipers as prisoners to the chief priests ⌊in Jerusalem⌋?”
22 Saul grew more powerful, and he confused the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus was the Messiah.
23 Later the Jews planned to murder Saul,
24 but Saul was told about their plot. They were watching the city gates day and night in order to murder him.
25 However, Saul’s disciples lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall one night.
26 After Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples. But everyone was afraid of him. They wouldn’t believe that he was a disciple.