Acts 23:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.”
Acts 23:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Acts 23:14 in 6 Bible Translations
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Acts 23:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.”
Acts 23:14 — World English Bible
Acts 23:14 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. ”
Acts 23:14 — American Standard Version
Acts 23:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves--to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;”
Acts 23:14 — Young's Literal Translation
Acts 23:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul. ”
Acts 23:14 — Darby Translation
Acts 23:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they came to the chiefe Priestes and Elders, and said, We haue bound our selues with a solemne curse, that wee will eate nothing, vntill we haue slaine Paul.”
Acts 23:14 — Geneva Bible
Acts 23:14 in Context — Acts 23
12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
16 And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
What Does Acts 23:14 Mean?
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