ACTS 23:21 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
so do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him who have bound themselves under a curse, not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for your approval' — the nephew's disclosure is complete: he names the forty men, their oath, their readiness, and their dependence on Roman cooperation. The oath-takers have made Rome a necessary party to their plan.
Church Fathers on Acts 23:21
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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