Acts 23:21

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.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20He answered: The Jews have agreed to request you to bring Paul down into the Sanhedrim to-morrow, as if they intended to inquire something more accurately concerning him.

22Then the officer sent the young man away, with this charge: Tell no one that you have made these things known to me.

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Cross References

Acts 14:5But when there was a violent purpose on the part of the Gentiles and of the Jews, with their rulers, to outrage and to stone them,

Acts 23:12And 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.

Romans 9:3for I could wish myself to be accursed from Christ, for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh;

2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, desiring to apprehend me:

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:13-35

A Conspiracy against Paul; Paul Sent to Felix. 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring… Read the whole commentary →

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