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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
After day had dawned, the Jews formed a conspiracy and took an oath not to eat or drink till they had killed Paul.
Acts 9:23
After several days had gone by, the Jews laid a plot to murder him,
Acts 14:5
And so when there was a movement on the part of both the heathen and the Jews, along with their authorities, to insult and stone them,
Acts 20:19
to serve the Lord with all humility and in tears, through the trials that befell me because of the plots of the Jews.
Acts 25:3
and begged the governor as a favor to have Paul come to Jerusalem, because they were plotting an ambush to kill him on the way.
2 Corinthians 11:26
I have served Him on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the heathen, dangers in the city, dangers in the desert, dangers at sea, dangers from false brothers,
An oath
Acts 23:14
They went to the high priests and elders and said to them, "We have taken a solemn oath not to taste a morsel till we have killed Paul.
Romans 9:3
for I could wish myself accursed, even cut off from Christ, for the sake of my brothers, my natural kinsmen.