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New Century Version

Acts 23:13

There were more than forty men who made this plan.

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.
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

12 In the morning some evil people made a plan to kill Paul, and they took an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed him. 13 There were more than forty men who made this plan. 14 They went to the leading priests and the elders and said, "We have taken an oath not to eat or drink until we have killed Paul. 15 So this is what we want you to do: Send a message to the commander to bring Paul out to you as though you want to ask him more questions. We will be waiting to kill him while he is on the way here." 16 But Paul's nephew heard about this plan and went to the army building and told Paul. 17 Then Paul called one of the officers and said, "Take this young man to the commander. He has a message for him." 18 So the officer brought Paul's nephew to the commander and said, "The prisoner, Paul, asked me to bring this young man to you. He wants to tell you something." 19 The commander took the young man's hand and led him to a place where they could be alone. He asked, "What do you want to tell me?" 20 The young man said, "The Jews have decided to ask you to bring Paul down to their council meeting tomorrow. They want you to think they are going to ask him more questions. 21 But don't believe them! More than forty men are hiding and waiting to kill Paul. They have all taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. Now they are waiting for you to agree."

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 Hittites answered Abraham,
Genesis 23:8
He said to them, "If you truly want to help me bury my dead wife here, speak to Ephron, the son of Zohar for me.
2 Samuel 24:24
But the king answered Araunah, "No, I will pay you for the land. I won't offer to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for one and one-fourth pounds of silver.
Acts 20:35
I showed you in all things that you should work as I did and help the weak. I taught you to remember the words Jesus said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
Romans 13:8
Do not owe people anything, except always owe love to each other, because the person who loves others has obeyed all the law.
Colossians 4:5
Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers, making the most of every opportunity.
Hebrews 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have. God has said, "I will never leave you; I will never abandon you." Deuteronomy 31:6

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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