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Acts 23:14

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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.

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  1. Acts 23:12

    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.

  2. Acts 23:13

    And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

  3. Acts 23:15

    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.

  4. Acts 23:16

    And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

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