Acts 23
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Acts 23:12-16

12When it was dayG2250, 1the JewsG2453 formedG4160 a 2conspiracyG4963 and 3putG332 themselvesG1438 underG332 anG332 4oathG332, sayingG3004 that they would neitherG3383 eatG2068 norG3383 drinkG4095 untilG2193 they had killedG615 PaulG3972. 13There were moreG4183 than fortyG5065 who formedG4160 thisG3778 plotG4945. 14They cameG4334 to the chiefG749 priestsG749 and the eldersG4245 and saidG3004, “We have 5putG332 ourselvesG1438 underG332 anG332 6oathG332 to tasteG1089 nothingG3367 untilG2193 we have killedG615 PaulG3972. 15NowG3568 thereforeG3767, you 7and 8the 9CouncilG4892 notifyG1718 the commanderG5506 to bringG2609 him downG2609 to you, asG5613 thoughG5613 you wereG3195 goingG3195 toG3195 investigateG1231 his caseG3588G4012 moreG199 thoroughlyG199; and as for us, we are readyG2092 to killG337 him beforeG4253 he comesG1448 nearG1448 the place.”

16But the sonG5207 of Paul’sG3972 sisterG79 heardG191 about their ambushG1747, 10and he cameG3854 and enteredG1525 11the barracksG3925 and toldG518 PaulG3972.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 23:12 Acts 9:23; 23:30; 1 Thess 2:16 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 23:12 Or mob ↩
  3. 3. Acts 23:12 Acts 23:14, 21 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 23:12 I.e., an oath with a self-imposed curse ↩
  5. 5. Acts 23:14 Acts 23:12, 21 ↩
  6. 6. Acts 23:14 See note 2 v 12 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 23:15 Lit with ↩
  8. 8. Acts 23:15 Acts 22:30; 23:1, 6, 20, 28 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 23:15 Or Sanhedrin ↩
  10. 10. Acts 23:16 Or having been present with them, and he also entered ↩
  11. 11. Acts 23:16 Acts 21:34; 23:10, 32 ↩

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