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Acts 23:14

Paul

12 When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

13 More than forty of them were involved in this plot.

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

15 Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
KJV
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.
WEB
They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
ASV
And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
DARBY
and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
BLB
who, having come to the chief priests and the elders, said, “We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we should kill Paul.
ÅB
og de gikk til yppersteprestene og de eldste og sa: Vi har forbannet oss på at vi ikke vil smake mat før vi har drept Paulus;
OTB
De gikk til yppersteprestene og de eldste og sa: «Vi har avlagt en høytidelig ed om ikke å spise noe før vi har drept Paulus.
B1930
og de gikk til yppersteprestene og de eldste og sa: Vi har forbannet oss på at vi ikke vil smake mat før vi har drept Paulus;

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Cross references

  • Acts 23:12

    When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

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  • Jeremiah 8:12

    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

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  • Micah 7:3

    Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

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  • Hosea 4:9

    And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

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  • Psalms 52:1–2

    Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

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  • Isaiah 3:9

    The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

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  • Jeremiah 6:15

    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

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