Acts 23:13

Douay-Rheims Bible

And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy.

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.

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 And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. ¹³ And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy. ¹⁴ Who came to the chief priests and the ancients and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul. ¹⁵ Now therefore do you with the council signify to the tribune, that he bring him forth to you, as if you meant to know something more certain touching him. And we, before he come near, are ready to kill him. ¹⁶ Which when Paul’s sister’s son had heard, of their lying in wait, he came and entered into the castle and told Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul, calling to him one of the centurions, said: Bring this young man to the tribune: for he hath some thing to tell him. ¹⁸ And he, taking him, brought him to the tribune and said: Paul, the prisoner, desired me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath some thing to say to thee. ¹⁹ And the tribune, taking him by the hand, went aside with him privately and asked him: What is it that thou hast to tell me? ²⁰ And he said: The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldst bring forth Paul to-morrow into the council, as if they meant to inquire some thing more certain touching him. ²¹ But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee.

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
The children of Heth answered, saying:

Genesis 23:8
And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.

2 Samuel 24:24
And the king answered him, and said: Nay, but I will buy it of thee, at a price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God holocausts free cost. So David bought the floor, and the oxen, for fifty sicles of silver:

Acts 20:35
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring you ought to support the weak and to remember the word of the Lord Jesus, how he said: It is a more blessed thing to give, rather than to receive.

Romans 13:8
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law.

Colossians 4:5
Walk with wisdom towards them that are without, redeeming the time.

Hebrews 13:5
Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee.

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.