Acts 23:21

"Now do not let them persuade, for more than forty men are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse, not to eat nor drink until they have killed him; even now they are all ready, awaiting your consent."

Montgomery 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

20"The Jews," he answered, "have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the Sanhedrin, as though they wish to examine his case in detail.

22So the tribune sent the young man home with the injunction, "Tell no man that you have given me this information."

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Cross References

Acts 14:5And when both the Gentiles and the Jews with their ruler made a hostile move to maltreat and to stone them,

Acts 23:12When day dawned the Jews made a conspiracy, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Romans 9:3For I was on the point of praying to be accursed from Christ on behalf of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 11:32In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the King, kept guard over the city of the Damascus, 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 →

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