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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
Bible References
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Acts 23:12
And when it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath, saying that they would not eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 9:23
And when some days had passed, the Jews took counsel to kill him;
Acts 14:5
And when a design was formed by the gentiles and Jews with their rulers to treat them injuriously, and stone them,
Acts 20:19
serving the Lord with all humility, and tears and trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews,
Acts 25:3
asking favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, having provided an ambuscade to kill him on the way.
2 Corinthians 11:26
often on journeys, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from [my own] race, in dangers from gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers on the sea, in dangers among false brothers,
An oath
Acts 23:14
who came to the chief priests and elders and said, We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing till we kill Paul.
Romans 9:3
for I have wished that I was myself accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kindred according to the flesh,