Acts 23:13
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And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy.

Acts 23:12
And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul.

Acts 23:14
Who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul.

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And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy.

which.

2 Samuel 15:12,31 Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong conspiracy, and the people running together increased with Absalom. . . .

John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth a service to God.

Context
The Plot to Kill Paul
12And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. 13And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy. 14Who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul.…
Lexicon
More than
πλείους (pleious)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural - Comparative
Strong's Greek 4119: Or neuter pleion, or pleon comparative of polus; more in quantity, number, or quality; also the major portion.

forty [of them]
τεσσεράκοντα (tesserakonta)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5062: Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.

were
ἦσαν (ēsan)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

involved
ποιησάμενοι (poiēsamenoi)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

in this
ταύτην (tautēn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

plot.
συνωμοσίαν (synōmosian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4945: A conspiracy, plot. From a compound of sun and omnuo; a swearing together, i.e. a plot.


Additional Translations
More than forty of them were involved in this plot.

Now there were more than forty having made this conspiracy,

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

And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.

And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

And they were more than forty which made this conspiracy.

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

There were more than forty of them who bound themselves by this oath.

There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.

and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,
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