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Plot (epiboulē). Old word for a plan (boulē) against (epi) one. In the N.T. only in Acts (Act 9:24; Act 20:3, Act 20:19; Act 23:30).
They watched (paretērounto). Imperfect middle indicative of paratēreō, common verb in late Greek for watching beside (para) or insidiously or on the sly as in Luk 6:7, they kept on watching by day and night to kill him. In 2Co 11:32 Paul says that the Ethnarch of Aretas “kept guard” (ephrourei, imperfect active of phroureō) to seize him. Probably the Jews obtained the consent of the Ethnarch and had him appoint some of them as guards or watchers at the gate of the city.