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.”

³ They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.^(A)