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Acts 23:12

When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΓενομένηςGenomenēsWhen it was becomingG1096 →
δὲdethenG1161 →
ἡμέραςhēmerasdayG2250 →
ποιήσαντεςpoiēsanteshaving madeG4160 →
συστροφὴνsustrophēna conspiracyG4963 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
ἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiJewsG2453 →
ἀνεθεμάτισανanethematisanput under an oathG332 →
ἑαυτοὺςhe'autousthemselvesG1438 →
λέγοντεςlegontesdeclaringG3004 →
μήτεmēteneitherG3383 →
φαγεῖνphageinto eatG5315 →
μήτεmētenorG3383 →
πιεῖνpieinto drinkG4095 →
ἕωςhe'ōsuntilG2193 →
οὗhouthatG3739 →
ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsinthey may killG615 →
τὸνton<the>G3588 →
Παῦλον.PaulonPaul.G3972 →

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Acts 23:30When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.Isaiah 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!Acts 23:21Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”Acts 23:14They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.Psalms 2:1–3Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?Psalms 31:13For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”Genesis 37:18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.2 Kings 6:31He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.Matthew 26:4and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.Psalms 64:2–6Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,Galatians 3:13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”Numbers 30:2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.1 Samuel 14:24Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

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