ACTS 23:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
These men went to the chief priests and elders and said, 'We have bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul' — the conspiracy-takers involve the highest Jewish authorities, implying institutional sanction for the assassination plot. The boundary between mob violence and official action blurs.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:14
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. Now therefore ye with the council signify to the tribune that he bring him down unto you tomorrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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