Acts 23:14 “They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound our…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they came to the chiefe Priestes and Elders, and said, We haue bound our selues with a solemne curse, that wee will eate nothing, vntill we haue slaine Paul.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, 'With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

Bible in Basic English

And they came to the chief priests and the rulers and said, We have taken a great oath to take no food till we have put Paul to death

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Cross references

“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.”

Jeremiah 8:12 Isaiah 3:9 Hosea 4:9 Micah 7:3 Jeremiah 6:15 Psalm 52:1

Jeremiah 8:12 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 3:9 · BSB

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.

Hosea 4:9 · BSB

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

Micah 7:3 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 6:15 · BSB

Psalm 52:1 · BSB

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

Also

Acts 23:12

Acts 23:12 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

15Now 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.”

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