Handelingen 23:21

Staten Vertaling

Doch geloof hen niet; want meer dan veertig mannen uit hen leggen hem lagen, welke zichzelven met een vervloeking verbonden hebben noch te eten noch te drinken, totdat zij hem zullen omgebracht hebben; en zij zijn nu gereed, verwachtende de toezegging van u.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Maar gij moet hen niet geloven; want meer dan veertig mannen van hen leggen hem lagen. Zij hebben zich met een vervloeking verbonden niet te eten of te drinken voordat zij hem uit den weg geruimd hebben, en houden zich nu gereed, wachtend op uw inwilliging.

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Maar vertrouw hen niet; want meer dan veertig mannen van hen leggen hem lagen, die zichzelve vervloekt hebben om noch te eten noch te drinken, totdat zij Paulus zullen gedood hebben; en zij zijn nu gereed, en wachten op uwe toezegging.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

do not: Exodus 23:2

for: Acts 23:12-14, Acts 9:23, Acts 9:24, Acts 14:5, Acts 14:6, Acts 20:19, Acts 25:3, 2 Corinthians 11:26, 2 Corinthians 11:32, 2 Corinthians 11:33

an oath: Acts 23:14, Romans 9:3

Reciprocal: Numbers 30:2 - to bind Numbers 35:20 - by laying Deuteronomy 23:23 - hast vowed Joshua 8:4 - lie in wait Nehemiah 4:11 - They shall not Nehemiah 10:29 - entered Psalms 10:9 - He lieth Psalms 59:3 - they Psalms 119:95 - wicked Ephesians 4:14 - lie

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But do not thou yield unto them,.... Or be persuaded by them, to bring Paul down from the castle to the sanhedrim; this must not be imputed to the young man's pride and vanity, in taking upon him to give advice to the chief captain; but to his great affection for his uncle, which moved him to entreat, rather than to direct him, for which he gives a good reason:

for there lie in wait for him more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; :-.

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and now are they ready; to execute their designs, being met together, and lying in ambush in some place, between the castle and the place where the sanhedrim met:

looking for a promise from thee; that when the sanhedrim should apply to him, he would promise them to bring Paul down according to their request; and for the making and performing of this promise, these men were waiting.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Looking for a promise from thee - Waiting for your consent to bring him down to them.