14 They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have (A)bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

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14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.(A)

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21 So do not [a]listen to them, for more than forty of them are (A)lying in wait for him who have (B)bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 23:21 Lit be persuaded by them

21 Don’t give in to them, because more than forty(A) of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him.(B) They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”

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