Acts 23:12

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Cross References

Genesis 37:18

They saw him afar off, and 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 may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”

2 Kings 6:31

and he said, “May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”

Nehemiah 10:29

join with their brethren, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God's law which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his ordinances and his statutes.

Esther 2:22

And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai.

Psalm 31:13

Yea, I hear the whispering of many— terror on every side!— as they scheme together against me, as they plot to take my life.

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.”

Jeremiah 44:25

Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have declared with your mouths, and have fulfilled it with your hands, saying, ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made, to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out libations to her.’ Then confirm your vows and perform your vows!

Leviticus 27:29

No one devoted, who is to be utterly destroyed from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall be put to death.

Matthew 26:4

and took counsel together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Matthew 26:74

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

Matthew 27:25

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

Acts 23:13

There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.

Acts 23:14

And they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:21

But do not yield to them; for more than forty of their men lie in ambush for him, having bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”

Acts 23:30

And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”

Acts 25:3

asking as a favor to have the man sent to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

Acts 9:23

When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,

Acts 9:24

but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night, to kill him;

1 Corinthians 16:22

If any one has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!

2 Corinthians 11:26

on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brethren;

Galatians 3:13

Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree” —

1 Thessalonians 2:16

by hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they may be saved—so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last!

Joshua 6:26

Joshua laid an oath upon them at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord be the man that rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. “At the cost of his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.”

Joshua 7:1

But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things; for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things; and the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.

Joshua 7:15

And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he has done a shameful thing in Israel.’ ”

1 Samuel 14:24

And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul laid an oath on the people, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.