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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
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Acts 23:12
when it was day, some Jews, that had form'd a conspiracy, engag'd themselves by an oath, not to eat, or drink, till they had kill'd Paul.
Acts 9:23
A good while after, the Jews conspir'd to kill him:
Acts 14:5
upon this the Gentiles and the Jews, supported by their magistrates, made an insurrection in order to use violence against them, and even to stone them:
Acts 20:19
how I have serv'd the Lord with all resignation, with tears, and trials occasion'd by the insidious practices of the Jews:
Acts 25:3
"desiring the favour he might be sent for to Jerusalem." they having prepar'd measures to assassinate him upon the road.
2 Corinthians 11:26
in my voyages I have been frequently in perils from rivers, in perils from robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the country, in perils at sea, in perils among false brethren;
An oath
Acts 23:14
went to the chief priests and senators, and said, "we have bound our selves by oath not to eat till we have slain Paul.
Romans 9:3
for I could wish to be as one anathematiz'd from the christian church for my brethren, who are of the same race as my self,