Acts 9:23-25 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:… A story is related — in connection with the ejectment of the two thousand ministers from the Church of England — of Henry Havers, of Catherine Hall, Cambridge. Being pursued by enemies who sought to apprehend him, he sought refuge in a malt house and crept into the kiln. Immediately afterward he observed a spider fixing the first line of a large and beautiful web across the narrow entrance. The web being placed directly between him and the light, he was so much struck with the skill of the insect weaver, that for a while he forgot his own imminent danger; but by the time the network had crossed and recrossed the mouth of the kiln in every direction the pursuers came to search for him. He listened as they approached, and distinctly overheard one of them say, "It's of no use to look in there; the old villain can never be there. Look at that spider's web; he could never have got in there without breaking it." Parallel Verses KJV: And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:WEB: When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him, |
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