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Acts 23:20-22
J.B. Phillips New Testament
Acts 23:20-22
J.B. Phillips New Testament
20-21 And he replied, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow as though they were going to enquire more carefully into his case. But I beg you not to let them persuade you. For more than forty of them are waiting for him—they have sworn a solemn oath that they will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. They are all ready at this moment—all they want is for you to give the order.”
22 At this the colonel dismissed the young man with the caution, “Don’t let a soul know that you have given me this information.”
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