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Acts 23:13

World English Bible

There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.

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Acts 23:13 in other translations

And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.

Acts 23:13 · American Standard Version

Acts 23:13 in context

  1. 11The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
  2. 12When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
  3. 13There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.
  4. 14They 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.
  5. 15Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”