Parallel Verses New International Version The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. King James Bible And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. Darby Bible Translation And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul. World English Bible When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. Young's Literal Translation And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul; Acts 23:12 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThat they would neither eat nor drink, etc. - These forty Jews were no doubt of the class of the sicarii mentioned before, (similar to those afterwards called assassins), a class of fierce zealots, who took justice into their own hand; and who thought they had a right to despatch all those who, according to their views, were not orthodox in their religious principles. If these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, must they not all perish through hunger, as God put it out of their power to accomplish their vow? No: for the doctrine of sacerdotal absolution was held among the Jews as among the Papists: hence it is said, in Hieros. Avodah Zarah, fol. 40: "He that hath made a vow not to eat any thing, wo to him, if he eat; and wo to him, if he do not eat. If he eat, he sinneth against his vow; and if he do not eat, he sinneth against his life." What must such a man do in this case? Let him go to the wise men, and they will loose him from his vow, as it is written, Proverbs 12:18 : "The tongue of the wise is health." When vows were so easily dispensed with, they might be readily multiplied. See Lightfoot. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge certain. Psalm 2:1-3 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing... Matthew 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him. bound. Matthew 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. under a curse. or, with an oath of execration. *Gr: 1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. that. Such execrable vows as these were not unusual among the Jews, who, from their perverted traditions, challenged to themselves a right of punishing without any legal process, those whom they considered transgressors of the law; and in some cases, as in the case of one who had forsaken the law of Moses, they thought they were justified in killing them. They therefore made no scruple of acquainting the chief priests and elders with their conspiracy against the life of Paul, and applying for their connivance and support; who, being chiefly of the sect of the Sadducees, and the apostle's bitterest enemies, were so far from blaming them for it, that they gladly aided and abetted them in this mode of dispatching him, and on its failure they soon afterwards determined upon making a similar attempt. (ch. Acts 25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and sought him, , 3.) If these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, they were under no necessity of perishing for hunger, when the providence of God had hindered them from accomplishing their vow; for their vows of abstinence from eating and drinking were as easy to loose as to bind, any of their wise men or Rabbis having power to absolve them, as Dr. Lightfoot has shown from the Talmud. Library Christ's Witnesses'And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of Me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.'--ACTS xxiii. 11. It had long been Paul's ambition to 'preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also.' His settled policy, as shown by this Book of the Acts, was to fly at the head, to attack the great centres of population. We trace him from Antioch to Philippi, Thessalonica, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus; and of course Rome was the … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts Antipatris. Caphar Salama. Quirinius the Governor of Syria Early Life the Place of Paul +The Man Cross References Genesis 37:18 But they saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. Jeremiah 44:25 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: You and your wives have done what you said you would do when you promised, 'We will certainly carry out the vows we made to burn incense and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.' "Go ahead then, do what you promised! Keep your vows! Acts 9:23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him, Acts 9:24 but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. Acts 23:13 More than forty men were involved in this plot. Acts 23:14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. Acts 23:21 Don't give in to them, because more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request." Jump to Previous Banded Bound Conspiracy Curse Daylight Death Drink Eat Food Formed Jews Killed Oath Paul Plot Solemnly Swore Themselves TogetherJump to Next Banded Bound Conspiracy Curse Daylight Death Drink Eat Food Formed Jews Killed Oath Paul Plot Solemnly Swore Themselves TogetherLinks Acts 23:12 NIVActs 23:12 NLT Acts 23:12 ESV Acts 23:12 NASB Acts 23:12 KJV Acts 23:12 Bible Apps Acts 23:12 Biblia Paralela Acts 23:12 Chinese Bible Acts 23:12 French Bible Acts 23:12 German Bible Acts 23:12 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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