Acts 23:14

New American Bible - revised edition

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves by a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:9

Their very look bears witness against them; they boast of their sin like Sodom, They do not hide it. Woe to them! They deal out evil to themselves.

Jeremiah 6:15

They have acted shamefully, committing abominations, yet they are not at all ashamed, they do not know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among the fallen; in the time of their punishment they shall stumble, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:12

They have acted shamefully; they have done abominable things, yet they are not at all ashamed, they do not know how to blush. Hence they shall be among those who fall; in their time of punishment they shall stumble, says the Lord.

Hosea 4:9

Like people, like priest: I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds.

Micah 7:3

Their hands succeed at evil; the prince makes demands, The judge is bought for a price, the powerful speak as they please.

Acts 23:12

When day came, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

Acts 23:13

There were more than forty who formed this conspiracy.

Acts 23:20

He replied, “The Jews have conspired to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as though they meant to inquire about him more thoroughly,

Acts 23:21

but do not believe them. More than forty of them are lying in wait for him; they have bound themselves by oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready and only wait for your consent.”