Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
An oath
Bible References
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Acts 23:12
In the morning, the Jews made a conspiracy and took an oath not to eat or drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 9:23
After some time had passed, the Jews made a plot to kill him,
Acts 14:5
And when there was a movement on the part of both the heathen and the Jews with the authorities to insult and stone them,
Acts 20:19
and how I served the Lord most humbly and with tears, through all the trials that I encountered because of the plots of the Jews.
Acts 25:3
and begged him as a favor to order Paul to come to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.
2 Corinthians 11:26
with my frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from the heathen, danger in the city, danger in the desert, danger at sea, danger from false brothers,
An oath
Acts 23:14
and they went to the high priests and elders and said to them, "We have taken a solemn oath not to touch anything to eat till we have killed Paul.
Romans 9:3
for I could wish myself accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my natural kindred.