Acts 23:14

They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have put ourselves under a great curse, to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13There were more than forty men who formed this conspiracy.

15Now, therefore, let the council tell the chief captain to bring him down to you, as if you would decide his case more precisely. As for us, we are ready to kill him before he comes here.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 3:9The look on their faces witnesses against them; and they tell of their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. 1 Woe to them! For they have completed a catastrophe for themselves. 1

Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations? They were not ashamed; they did not know how to blush! So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh. 1

Micah 7:3Their hands are very good at doing harm: 1 the ruler asks for money, 1 the judge is ready for bribes, 1 and the powerful man is saying to others what he wants to obtain. 1 Thus they plot together. 1

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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