4 Bible Verses about Assassinations, Attempted

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and his fame went throughout the whole of that region.

And after this Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

And, after many days had passed, the Jews determined to kill him. And their plot was made known to Saul; and they watched the gates day and night, that they might kill him. But the disciples took him by night, and let him down through the vail in a basket,

And when it was day, the Jews combined together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And there were more than forty who formed this conspiracy. And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said: We have surely bound ourselves under a curse, that we will taste nothing till we have killed Paul.read more.
Now, therefore, do you, together with the Sanhedrin, give notice to the officer, that he bring him down to you to-morrow, as if you intended to inquire more accurately into the matters concerning him: and before he comes near, we are ready to kill him. But the son of Paul's sister heard of the plot, and he went and entered the fortress, and told Paul. And Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said: Conduct this young man to the officer, for he has something to tell him. So he took him, and led him to the officer, and said: The prisoner Paul called me to him, and requested me to conduct this young man to you; for he has something to tell you. And the officer took him by the hand, and went aside with him privately, and in quired: What is it that you have to tell me? He answered: The Jews have agreed to request you to bring Paul down into the Sanhedrin to-morrow, as if they intended to inquire some thing more accurately concerning him. Do not, however, be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them are lying in wait for him; and they have bound themselves under a curse, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for a promise from you. Then the officer sent the young man away, with this charge: Tell no one that you have made these things known to me. And he called to him two centurions, and said: Make ready two hundred soldiers, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, that they may depart to Caesarea at the third hour of the night. And provide beasts on which they may set Paul, and take him in safety to Felix the governor. And he wrote a letter in this form: Claudius Lysias to the most excel lent governor, Felix, greeting: This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them. Then I went with soldiers, and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. But wishing to know the cause for which they accused him, I brought him down into their Sanhedrin. And I found that he was accused about questions of their law, but had nothing worthy of death or of bonds charged against him. And as I was informed that a plot was about to be laid against the man by the Jews, I immediately sent him to you, and commanded his accusers to say in your presence what they had against him. Farewell. Then the soldiers took Paul, as they were commanded, and brought him by night to Antipatris.