Devine Scripture

Acts 23:21

Acts chapter 23 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

Context

v.20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.

v.21This passage

v.22So the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Acts 20:19

    serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:32

    In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:

  • Exodus 23:2

    Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

  • 2 Corinthians 11:26

    in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

  • Acts 25:3

    asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.

  • Acts 23:12

    And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.