¹² In the morning ·some of Paul’s Jewish opponents [^Lthe Jews] ·made a plan [entered a conspiracy] 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 [formed this conspiracy]. ¹⁴ They went to the ·leading [^Tchief] priests and the elders and said, “We have ·taken [sworn] an oath not to ·eat or drink [^Ltaste anything] until we have killed Paul.