Acts 23:12

Modern English Version

At daybreak some of the Jews conspired under oath, saying they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Cross References

Genesis 37:18

When they saw him some distance away, before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

2 Kings 6:31

Then he said, “So may God do to me, and even more, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stands on his shoulders after today.”

Nehemiah 10:29

have decisively joined in with their countrymen and their nobles, and obligated themselves—by both a curse and an oath —to walk in the Law of God, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord who is our Lord, along with His judgments and His statutes,

Esther 2:22

But the matter became known to Mordecai, and he reported it to Queen Esther, and Esther reported it to the king in the name of Mordecai.

Psalm 31:13

For I hear the slander of many; fear is on every side; while they take counsel together against me, they plot to take away my life.

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb that is brought to the slaughter, and I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with the fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living so that his name may be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 44:25

Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hand, saying, ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ “Proceed to accomplish your vows and surely perform your vows!

Leviticus 27:29

No one devoted of men, who shall be doomed to death, shall be redeemed; he shall surely be put to death.

Matthew 26:4

and took counsel that they might take Jesus covertly and kill Him.

Matthew 26:74

Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and he swore, “I do not know the Man.” Then immediately a cock crowed.

Matthew 27:25

Then all the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Acts 23:13

There were more than forty who had conspired.

Acts 23:14

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves under oath not to eat until we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:21

Do not trust them. More than forty men, who have bound themselves with an oath to neither eat nor drink until they have killed him, are waiting for him. And now they are ready, waiting for your promise.”

Acts 23:30

When it was revealed to me that there was a plot against the man, at once I sent him to you and ordered the accusers to state before you their charges against him. Farewell.

Acts 25:3

asking as a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him along the way.

Acts 9:23

After many days had passed, the Jews arranged to kill him.

Acts 9:24

But their scheme was known by Saul. They watched the gates day and night to kill him.

1 Corinthians 16:22

If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, O Lord!

2 Corinthians 11:26

in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brothers;

Galatians 3:13

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by being made a curse for us—as it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” —

1 Thessalonians 2:16

forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved. In this way they are always piling up their sins, but wrath has come upon them to the extreme.

Joshua 6:26

At that time Joshua made them swear, “Cursed before the Lord will be the man who arises and rebuilds this city of Jericho. He will establish it at the cost of his firstborn and erect its gates at the cost of his youngest child.”

Joshua 7:1

Yet the Israelites violated their obligations with regard to the things dedicated for destruction. Achan, son of Karmi, son of Zimri, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah took from the things dedicated for destruction, and the anger of the Lord burned against the Israelites.

Joshua 7:15

And he who is taken with the things dedicated for destruction shall be burned with fire, he and all who belong to him, for he broke the covenant of the Lord and has done a disgraceful action in Israel.’ ”

1 Samuel 14:24

Now Israel’s fighting men were distressed that day, for Saul had placed the people under a curse, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before it is evening, and I have been avenged on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted any food.