Acts 23:21
King James Version
Translation: KJV
19Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?Select Acts 23:19
20And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.Select Acts 23:20
21But 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.Select Acts 23:21
22So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.Select Acts 23:22
23And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;Select Acts 23:23
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WEB
23:21 Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”
ASV
23:21 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.
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