ACTS 23:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.”
There were more than forty who formed this conspiracy — the number forty suggests a generational curse or complete judgment; the Deuteronomic association of forty years with wilderness testing and divine testing colors this oath-bound group as representing divine judgment.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:13
And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified of Me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. Acts 23:11-13 They bound themselves under a curse, it says. See how vehement and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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