A Plot to Kill Paul

12 When it was day, (A)the Jews made a plot and (B)bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

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The Plot to Kill Paul

12 The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy(A) and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.(B)

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Be broken,[a] you peoples, and (A)be shattered;[b]
    give ear, all you far countries;
strap on your armor and be shattered;
    strap on your armor and be shattered.
10 Take counsel together, but it will come to nothing;
    speak a word, (B)but it will not stand,
    for God (C)is with us.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
  2. Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
  3. Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel

Raise the war cry,[a](A) you nations, and be shattered!(B)
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare(C) for battle, and be shattered!
    Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
10 Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted;(D)
    propose your plan, but it will not stand,(E)
    for God is with us.[b](F)

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  1. Isaiah 8:9 Or Do your worst
  2. Isaiah 8:10 Hebrew Immanuel

30 (A)And when it was disclosed to me (B)that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, (C)ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”

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30 When I was informed(A) of a plot(B) to be carried out against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also ordered his accusers(C) to present to you their case against him.

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21 But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who (A)have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.”

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21 Don’t give in to them, because more than forty(A) of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him.(B) They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request.”

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14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul.

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14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.(A)

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19 But I was (A)like a gentle lamb
    led to the slaughter.
I did not know (B)it was against me
    they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
    (C)let us cut him off from (D)the land of the living,
    that his name be remembered no more.”

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19 I had been like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;(A) I did not realize that they had plotted(B) against me, saying,

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,(C)
    that his name be remembered(D) no more.”

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asking as a favor against Paul[a] that he summon him to Jerusalem—because (A)they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way.

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  1. Acts 25:3 Greek him

They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.(A)

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Hide me from (A)the secret plots of the wicked,
    from the throng of evildoers,
who (B)whet their tongues like swords,
    who (C)aim bitter words like arrows,
shooting from (D)ambush at the blameless,
    shooting at him suddenly and (E)without fear.
They (F)hold fast to their evil purpose;
    they talk of (G)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (H)“Who can see them?”
    They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
    For (I)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.

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Hide me from the conspiracy(A) of the wicked,(B)
    from the plots of evildoers.
They sharpen their tongues like swords(C)
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.(D)
They shoot from ambush at the innocent;(E)
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.(F)

They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;(G)
    they say, “Who will see it[a]?”(H)
They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”
    Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

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  1. Psalm 64:5 Or us

13 For I (A)hear the whispering of many—
    terror on every side!—
(B)as they scheme together against me,
    as they plot to take my life.

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13 For I hear many whispering,(A)
    “Terror on every side!”(B)
They conspire against me(C)
    and plot to take my life.(D)

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The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

(A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
    and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
“Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble

Psalm 2

Why do the nations conspire[a]
    and the peoples plot(A) in vain?
The kings(B) of the earth rise up
    and the rulers band together
    against the Lord and against his anointed,(C) saying,
“Let us break their chains(D)
    and throw off their shackles.”(E)

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Hebrew; Septuagint rage

31 and he said, (A)“May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today.”

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31 He said, “May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!”

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22 If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be (A)accursed. Our Lord, come![a]

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  1. 1 Corinthians 16:22 Greek Maranatha (a transliteration of Aramaic)

22 If anyone does not love the Lord,(A) let that person be cursed!(B) Come, Lord[a]!(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 16:22 The Greek for Come, Lord reproduces an Aramaic expression (Marana tha) used by early Christians.

(A)and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

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and they schemed to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him.(A)

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