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Hebrew Names Version

Acts 23:13

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Claudius Lysius;   Conspiracy;   Malice;   Minister, Christian;   Oath;   Paul;   Vows;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Kill, Killing;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Ordination;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Lysias Claudius;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   Ambush;   Crimes and Punishments;   Persecution in the Bible;   Sanhedrin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caesarea;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Sanhedrin (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Claudius;  

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.
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

12 When it was day, some of the Yehudim banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Sha'ul. 13 There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy. 14 They came to the chief Kohanim and the Zakenim, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Sha'ul. 15 Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near." 16 But Sha'ul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Sha'ul. 17 Sha'ul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him." 18 So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, "Sha'ul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you." 19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?" 20 He said, "The Yehudim have agreed to ask you to bring down Sha'ul tomorrow to the council, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him. 21 Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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
The children of Het answered Avraham, saying to him,
Genesis 23:8
He talked with them, saying, "If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me to `Efron the son of Tzochar,
2 Samuel 24:24
The king said to Aravna, No; but I will most assuredly buy it of you at a price. Neither will I offer burnt-offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
Acts 20:35
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Yeshua, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Colossians 4:5
Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.
Hebrews 13:5
Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."

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.


 
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