20 and he began at once to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
21 All who heard him were astounded and said, “Is not this the man who in Jerusalem ravaged those who call upon this name, and came here expressly to take them back in chains to the chief priests?”
22 But Saul grew all the stronger and confounded [the] Jews who lived in Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.
23 After a long time had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,
24 but their plot became known to Saul. Now they were keeping watch on the gates day and night so as to kill him,
25 but his disciples took him one night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 When he arrived in Jerusalem he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.