Acts 23:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ But do not yield to their persuasion, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush waiting for him, having bound themselves by an oath and under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and even now they are all ready, [just] waiting for your promise.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

Common English Bible

²¹ Don’t fall for it! More than forty of them are waiting to ambush him. They have solemnly promised not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, awaiting your consent.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ But truly, you should not believe them, for they would ambush him with more than forty men from among them, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat, nor to drink, until they have put him to death. And they are now prepared, hoping for an affirmation from you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ But do not thou give credit to them; for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat, nor to drink, till they have killed him: and they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Acts 23:21 Cross References

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest judgement:

Luke 11:54

laying wait for him, to catch something out of his mouth.

Acts 20:19

serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews:

Acts 23:22

So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.

Acts 25:3

asking favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying wait to kill him on the way.

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

2 Corinthians 11:26

in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;