Acts 23:21
But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have taken an oath that they will not eat or drink, until they have made away with him; and they are at this very moment in readiness, counting on your promise.”
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Acts 14:5and, when there was an attempt on the part of both Gentiles and Jews, with their leaders, to resort to violence and to stone them,
Acts 23:12In the morning some Jewish men combined together, and took an oath that they would not eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
Romans 9:3I could wish that I were myself accursed and severed from the Christ, for the sake of my people – my own flesh and blood.
2 Corinthians 11:32When I was in Damascus, the Governor under King Aretas had the gates of that city guarded, so as to arrest 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 →