Parallel Verses New International Version More than forty men were involved in this plot. King James Bible And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. Darby Bible Translation And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath; World English Bible There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy. Young's Literal Translation and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath, Acts 23:13 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThat they would neither eat nor drink, etc. - These forty Jews were no doubt of the class of the sicarii mentioned before, (similar to those afterwards called assassins), a class of fierce zealots, who took justice into their own hand; and who thought they had a right to despatch all those who, according to their views, were not orthodox in their religious principles. If these were, in their bad way, conscientious men, must they not all perish through hunger, as God put it out of their power to accomplish their vow? No: for the doctrine of sacerdotal absolution was held among the Jews as among the Papists: hence it is said, in Hieros. Avodah Zarah, fol. 40: "He that hath made a vow not to eat any thing, wo to him, if he eat; and wo to him, if he do not eat. If he eat, he sinneth against his vow; and if he do not eat, he sinneth against his life." What must such a man do in this case? Let him go to the wise men, and they will loose him from his vow, as it is written, Proverbs 12:18 : "The tongue of the wise is health." When vows were so easily dispensed with, they might be readily multiplied. See Lightfoot. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge which. Library Christ's Witnesses'And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of Me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.'--ACTS xxiii. 11. It had long been Paul's ambition to 'preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also.' His settled policy, as shown by this Book of the Acts, was to fly at the head, to attack the great centres of population. We trace him from Antioch to Philippi, Thessalonica, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus; and of course Rome was the … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture: The Acts Antipatris. Caphar Salama. Quirinius the Governor of Syria Early Life the Place of Paul +The Man Cross References Acts 23:12 The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. Acts 23:14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. Jump to Previous Bound Conspiracy Formed Forty Involved Joined Oath Plot Themselves TogetherJump to Next Bound Conspiracy Formed Forty Involved Joined Oath Plot Themselves TogetherLinks Acts 23:13 NIVActs 23:13 NLT Acts 23:13 ESV Acts 23:13 NASB Acts 23:13 KJV Acts 23:13 Bible Apps Acts 23:13 Biblia Paralela Acts 23:13 Chinese Bible Acts 23:13 French Bible Acts 23:13 German Bible Acts 23:13 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |