Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee. do not. Exodus 23:2 Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth. for. Acts 23:12-14 And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. . . . Acts 9:23,24 And when many days were passed, the Jews consulted together to kill him. . . . Acts 14:5,6 And when there was an assault made by the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to use them contumeliously and to stone them: . . . Acts 20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and temptations which befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews: Acts 25:3 Requesting favour against him, that he would command him to be brought to Jerusalem, laying wait to kill him in the way. 2 Corinthians 11:26,32,33 In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren: . . . an oath. Acts 23:14 Who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul. Romans 9:3 For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my brethren: who are my kinsmen according to the flesh: Context The Plot to Kill Paul…20And he said: The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring forth Paul to-morrow into the council, as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him. 21But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee. 22The tribune therefore dismissed the young man, charging him that he should tell no man that he had made known these things unto him.… Cross References Luke 11:54 Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him. Acts 23:12 And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. Acts 23:14 Who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul. Acts 23:22 The tribune therefore dismissed the young man, charging him that he should tell no man that he had made known these things unto him. Jump to Previous Ambush Anticipation Assassinated Beg Bound Comply Consent Curse Drink Eat Forty Killed Lie Oath Promise Ready Receiving Request Slain Slay Solemnly Themselves Vowed Wait Waiting Yield YouJump to Next Ambush Anticipation Assassinated Beg Bound Comply Consent Curse Drink Eat Forty Killed Lie Oath Promise Ready Receiving Request Slain Slay Solemnly Themselves Vowed Wait Waiting Yield YouLinks Acts 23:21 NIVActs 23:21 NLT Acts 23:21 ESV Acts 23:21 NASB Acts 23:21 Bible Apps Acts 23:21 Biblia Paralela Acts 23:21 Chinese Bible Acts 23:21 French Bible Acts 23:21 German Bible Alphabetical: a ambush an and are because bound consent curse do Don't drink eat for forty from give have him in killed listen lying more not now oath of or promise ready request slay So taken than the their them themselves They to under until wait waiting who you your NT Apostles: Acts 23:21 Therefore don't yield to them for more (Acts of the Apostles Ac) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |