Acts 23:13
“And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.”
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.
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.
And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
Related Verses
“And all the men were about twelve.”
“And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.”
“But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,”
“Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?”
“For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.”