Acts 23:14

Good News Translation

Then they went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have taken a solemn vow together not to eat a thing until we have killed Paul.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:9

Their prejudices will be held against them. They sin as openly as the people of Sodom did. They are doomed, and they have brought it on themselves.

Jeremiah 6:15

Were they ashamed because they did these disgusting things? No, they were not at all ashamed; they don't even know how to blush. And so they will fall as others have fallen; when I punish them, that will be the end of them. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 8:12

My people, were you ashamed because you did these disgusting things? No, you were not ashamed at all; you don't even know how to blush! And so you will fall as others have fallen; when I punish you, that will be the end of you. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Hosea 4:9

You will suffer the same punishment as the people! I will punish you and make you pay for the evil you do.

Micah 7:3

They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.

Acts 23:12

The next morning some Jews met together and made a plan. They took a vow that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:13

There were more than forty who planned this together.

Acts 23:20

He said, “The Jewish authorities have agreed to ask you tomorrow to take Paul down to the Council, pretending that the Council wants to get more accurate information about him.

Acts 23:21

But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision.”