Acts 23:13

Contemporary English Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There were more than forty who had formed this plot.

King James Version (1611)
And they were more then fourtie which had made this conspiracie.

King James Version
And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

English Standard Version
There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.

New American Standard Bible
There were more than forty who formed this plot.

New Century Version
There were more than forty men who made this plan.

Amplified Bible
There were more than forty [men] who formed this plot [and swore this oath].

Legacy Standard Bible
And there were more than forty who formed this scheme.

Berean Standard Bible
More than forty of them were involved in this plot.

Complete Jewish Bible
more than forty were involved in this plot.

Darby Translation
And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

Easy-to-Read Version
There were more than 40 of them who made this plan.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they were more then fourtie, which had made this conspiracie.

George Lamsa Translation
And those who had sworn to this conspiracy were more than forty persons.

Good News Translation
There were more than forty who planned this together.

Lexham English Bible
Now there were more than forty who had made this conspiracy,

Literal Translation
And those making this plot were more than forty;

American Standard Version
And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.

Bible in Basic English
And more than forty of them took this oath.

Hebrew Names Version
There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.

International Standard Version
More than forty men formed this conspiracy.

Etheridge Translation
But there were of those who established by oath this compact more than forty men.

Murdock Translation
And they who had established this compact by oath, were more than forty persons.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they were mo then fourtie men, which had made this conspiracie.

English Revised Version
And they were more than forty which made this conspiracy.

World English Bible
There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they were more than forty, who had made this confederacy.

Weymouth's New Testament
There were more than forty of them who bound themselves by this oath.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And there weren mo than fourti men, that maden this sweryng togider.

Update Bible Version
And there were more than forty that made this conspiracy.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they were more than forty who had made this conspiracy.

New English Translation
There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.

New King James Version
Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy.

New Living Translation
There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy.

New Life Bible
There were more than forty of them who had made this promise.

New Revised Standard
There were more than forty who joined in this conspiracy.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they were, more than forty, who, this sworn-confederacy, had formed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy.

Revised Standard Version
There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
They were aboute .xl. which had made this conspiracio.

Young's Literal Translation
and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They were mo then fortye, which had made this conspyracion.

Mace New Testament (1729)
the conspirators, who were above forty in number,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Over forty people made this pledge.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
There were more than forty who formed this plot.

Contextual Overview

¹²The next morning more than forty Jewish men got together and vowed that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. ¹⁴ Then some of them went to the chief priests and the nation's leaders and said, "We have promised God that we would not eat a thing until we have killed Paul. ¹⁵ You and everyone in the council must go to the commander and pretend that you want to find out more about the charges against Paul. Ask for him to be brought before your court. Meanwhile, we will be waiting to kill him before he gets there." ¹⁶ When Paul's nephew heard about the plot, he went to the fortress and told Paul about it. ¹⁷ So Paul said to one of the army officers, "Take this young man to the commander. He has something to tell him." ¹⁸ The officer took him to the commander and said, "The prisoner named Paul asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you." ¹⁹ The commander took the young man aside and asked him in private, "What do you want to tell me?" ²⁰ He answered, "Some men are planning to ask you to bring Paul down to the Jewish council tomorrow. They will claim that they want to find out more about him. ²¹ But please don't do what they say. More than forty men are going to attack Paul. They have made a vow not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. Even now they are waiting to hear what you decide." ²² The commander sent the young man away after saying to him, "Don't let anyone know that you told me this."

Bible Verse Review
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which: 2 Samuel 15:12, 2 Samuel 15:31, John 16:2

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:31 - if the head Nehemiah 4:8 - all Psalms 83:5 - For Mark 6:24 - The head Galatians 5:11 - why

Cross-References

Genesis 23:5
"Sir," they answered, "you are an important man. Choose the best place to bury your wife. None of us would refuse you a resting place for your dead."

Genesis 23:8
and replied, "If you are willing to let me bury my wife here, please ask Zohar's son Ephron

2 Samuel 24:24
But David answered, "No! I have to pay you what they're worth. I can't offer the Lord my God a sacrifice that I got for nothing." So David bought the threshing place and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.

Acts 20:35
By everything I did, I showed how you should work to help everyone who is weak. Remember that our Lord Jesus said, "More blessings come from giving than from receiving."

Romans 13:8
Let love be your only debt! If you love others, you have done all that the Law demands.

Colossians 4:5
When you are with unbelievers, always make good use of the time.

Hebrews 13:5
Don't fall in love with money. Be satisfied with what you have. The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. Who met together, formed this resolution, entered into this scheme, and bound themselves with this oath; the word rendered "conspiracy", signifies an agreement by oath; such a number of them banded together, that they might have strength sufficient to take Paul out of the hands of the soldiers, as he was conducted by them from the castle to the temple.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which had made this conspiracy - This oath συνωμοσίαν sunōmosian, this agreement, or compact. This large number of desperate men, bound by so solemn an oath, would be likely to be successful, and the life of Paul was therefore in special danger. The manner in which they purposed to accomplish their design is stated in Acts 23:15.