Cross References 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. 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 23:13 And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy. Acts 23:20 And he said: The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring forth Paul to-morrow into the council, as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him. Acts 23:21 But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. Psalm 52:1,2 Unto the end, understanding for David, [2] When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul: David went to the house of Achimelech. [3] Why dost thou glory in malice, thou that art mighty in iniquity? . . . Isaiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance hath answered them: and they have proclaimed abroad their sin as Sodom, and they have not hid it: woe to their souls, for evils are rendered to them. Jeremiah 6:15 They were confounded, because they committed abomination: yea, rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush: wherefore they shall fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall fall down, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 8:12 They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not known how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord. Hosea 4:9 And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices. Micah 7:3 The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it. Context The Plot to Kill 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. 15Now therefore do you with the council signify to the tribune, that he bring him forth to you, as if you meant to know something more certain touching him. And we, before he come near, are ready to kill him.… Lexicon Theyοἵτινες (hoitines) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3748: Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever. went προσελθόντες (proselthontes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 4334: From pros and erchomai; to approach, i.e. come near, visit, or worship, assent to. to the τοῖς (tois) Article - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. chief priests ἀρχιερεῦσιν (archiereusin) Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely. elders πρεσβυτέροις (presbyterois) Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Strong's Greek 4245: Comparative of presbus; older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist or Christian 'presbyter'. [and] said, εἶπαν (eipan) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. “We have bound ἀνεθεματίσαμεν (anethematisamen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's Greek 332: To curse, invoke curses, devote to destruction. From anathema; to declare or vow under penalty of execration. ourselves ἑαυτοὺς (heautous) Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's Greek 1438: Himself, herself, itself. with a solemn oath Ἀναθέματι (Anathemati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 331: A votive offering, a thing devoted to God; a curse, the thing cursed. From anatithemai; a ban or excommunicated. [not] to eat γεύσασθαι (geusasthai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle Strong's Greek 1089: (a) I taste, (b) I experience. A primary verb; to taste; by implication, to eat; figuratively, to experience. [anything] μηδενὸς (mēdenos) Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's Greek 3367: No one, none, nothing. until ἕως (heōs) Preposition Strong's Greek 2193: A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until. we have killed ἀποκτείνωμεν (apokteinōmen) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural Strong's Greek 615: To put to death, kill; fig: I abolish. From apo and kteino; to kill outright; figuratively, to destroy. Paul. Παῦλον (Paulon) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 3972: Paul, Paulus. Of Latin origin; Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle. Additional Translations They 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. who, having come to the chief priests and the elders, said, "We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we should kill Paul. 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. And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul. And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. 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. They went to the High Priests and Elders and said to them, "We have bound ourselves under a heavy curse to take no food till we have killed Paul. They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, 'With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves -- to taste nothing till we have killed Paul; Jump to Previous Anathema Bound Chief Curse Death Eat Elders Food Great Heavy High Kill Killed Oath Ourselves Paul Priests Rulers Slain Solemn Strictly TasteJump to Next Anathema Bound Chief Curse Death Eat Elders Food Great Heavy High Kill Killed Oath Ourselves Paul Priests Rulers Slain Solemn Strictly TasteExternal Links Acts 23:14 NIVActs 23:14 NLT Acts 23:14 ESV Acts 23:14 NASB Acts 23:14 ASV Acts 23:14 Bible Apps Acts 23:14 Biblia Paralela Acts 23:14 Chinese Bible Acts 23:14 French Bible Acts 23:14 German Bible Alphabetical: a and anything bound came chief eat elders have killed not nothing oath ourselves Paul priests said solemn taken taste the They to under until We went NT Apostles: Acts 23:14 They came to the chief priests (Acts of the Apostles Ac) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |