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Acts 23:14

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Acts 23:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 23:14

Theological / Devotional

The chief priests. Neither the conspirators nor “the chief priests” would seem to have been Pharisees (see on vs. 6–9), but they were all fanatics. The leaders of the nation were ready to cooperate with anyone, however unscrupulous, in order to secure their objectives.

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