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Acts 23:21

King James Version (KJV)

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But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Acts 23:21 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 23:21

Theological / Devotional

With an oath. Or, “under a curse” (see on vs. 12–14).

Looking for a promise. That is, awaiting Lysias’ consent to send Paul down to the place where the Jews purposed to examine Paul (cf. v. 15).

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