Acts 23:21

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request."

Acts 23:12-14

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

Exodus 23:2

"You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

Acts 9:23-24

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

Acts 14:5-6

When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,

Acts 20:19

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

Acts 25:3

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

Romans 9:3

For I could wish that I myself were accursed -- cut off from Christ -- for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,

2 Corinthians 11:26

I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

2 Corinthians 11:32-33

In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

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Summary

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Do not

Bible References

Do not

Exodus 23:2
"You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

For

Acts 23:12
When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
Acts 9:23
Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,
Acts 14:5
When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,
Acts 20:19
serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.
Acts 25:3
Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.
2 Corinthians 11:26
I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

An oath

Acts 23:14
They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.
Romans 9:3
For I could wish that I myself were accursed -- cut off from Christ -- for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen,

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