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Acts 23:14

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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.

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Acts 23:14 in other translations

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.

Acts 23:14 · World English Bible

Acts 23:14 in context

  1. 12And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  2. 13And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.
  3. 14And 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.
  4. 15Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.
  5. 16But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.