KJV:
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
NASB:
but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death;
KJV:
And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
NASB:
And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death.
KJV:
And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
NASB:
"We are witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross.
KJV:
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
NASB:
And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.
KJV:
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
NASB:
"And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.
KJV:
And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
NASB:
When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
KJV:
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
NASB:
'And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and watching out for the coats of those who were slaying him.'
KJV:
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
NASB:
"Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place."
KJV:
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
NASB:
"So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you."
KJV:
This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.
NASB:
"When this man was arrested by the Jews and was about to be slain by them, I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.