| Acts 23:13 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | There were more than forty who formed this plot. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | More than forty men took part in this plot.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. |
| ASV: | And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy. |
| BBE: | And more than forty of them took this oath. |
| DBY: | And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath; |
| ERV: | And they were more than forty which made this conspiracy. |
| WEY: | There were more than forty of them who bound themselves by this oath. |
| WBS: | And they were more than forty who had made this conspiracy. |
| WEB: | There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy. |
| YLT: | and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath, |
| Acts 23:13 Cross References |
| XREF: | Acts 23:12 When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
Acts 23:14 They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 23:12-15 Certain of the Jews banded together. Perhaps these Jews were of the bitter enemies from Asia who had laid hands on him in the temple. They may have belonged to a wild fanatical association of Jewish assassins, who, a few years later, played a prominent part, called Sicarii. The Talmud says that those who took such a vow were released from it, if it was impossible to carry it out. Their purpose was to induce the chief priests, who were Sadducees, to have Paul appear before the Sanhedrin the next day, and then they would murder him. |
| MHC: | 23:12-24 False religious principles, adopted by carnal men, urge on to such wickedness, as human nature would hardly be supposed capable of. Yet the Lord readily disappoints the best concerted schemes of iniquity. Paul knew that the Divine providence acts by reasonable and prudent means; and that, if he neglected to use the means in his power, he could not expect God's providence to work on his behalf. He who will not help himself according to his means and power, has neither reason nor revelation to assure him that he shall receive help from God. Believing in the Lord, we and ours shall be kept from every evil work, and kept to his kingdom. Heavenly Father, give us by thy Holy Spirit, for Christ's sake, this precious faith. |
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