Acts 23:12

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Literal

And day having come, the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under an oath, declaring neither to eat nor to drink until they should kill Paul.

Latin

Facta autem die collegerunt se quidam ex Judæis, et devoverunt, se dicentes neque manducaturos, neque bibituros donec occiderent Paulum.

Original

Greek

English

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

Notes

Acts 23:12–15

The plan to kill Paul was desperate. More than 40 men took an oath (a strong promise) not to eat or drink until they had killed him (compare 1 Samuel 14:24–46; Matthew 14:6–11; see also Deuteronomy 23:21–23; Matthew 5:33–37; James 5:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) Persecution

Events

The conspiracy to kill Paulc. AD 54

Related verses

Acts 23:30
When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
Isaiah 8:9–10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Acts 23:21
Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”
Acts 23:14
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.
Psalm 2:1–3
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalm 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Jeremiah 11:19
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
2 Kings 6:31
He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
Psalm 64:2–6
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
Acts 25:3
…to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
Matthew 26:4
…and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.
Galatians 3:13
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

Parallels

John 16:1–4

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Paul: Apostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistles

Glossary

Book of the Acts of the Apostles Courts and Trials Curse, Cursed Jew Paul the Apostle Persecution

Topics

Christian Minister: Persecution: Paul Claudius Lysius: Sends Paul to Felix Conspiracy: Paul Hatred: The Jews Malice: General Scriptures Concerning Malice: Jews Toward Paul Oath: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Paul: Jewish Leaders Conspire Against his Life Revenge by the Chief Priests Revenge: Jews Vindictiveness Vows of the Jews, to Kill Paul

Acts 23:12

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