Acts 23:12
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The Plot to Kill Paul
12 In the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.(A)
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Acts 23:30
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30 When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”[a](A)
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- 23.30 Other ancient authorities add Farewell
Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 Take notice,[a] you peoples, and be dismayed;
listen, all you far countries;
gird yourselves and be dismayed![b]
10 Take counsel together, but it shall be brought to naught;
speak a word, but it will not stand,
for God is with us.”(A)
Acts 23:21
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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. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent.”(A)
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Acts 23:14
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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 until we have killed Paul.(A)
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Psalm 31:13
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13 For I hear the whispering of many—
terror all around!—
as they scheme together against me,
as they plot to take my life.(A)
Psalm 2:1-3
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Psalm 2
God’s Promise to His Anointed
1 Why do the nations conspire
and the peoples plot in vain?(A)
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and his anointed, saying,(B)
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast their cords from us.”
Acts 25:3
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3 and requested, as a favor to them against Paul,[a] to have him transferred to Jerusalem. They were, in fact, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.(A)
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- 25.3 Gk him
Jeremiah 11:19
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19 But I was like a gentle lamb
led to the slaughter.
And I did not know it was against me
that they devised schemes, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit;
let us cut him off from the land of the living,
so that his name will no longer be remembered!”(A)
Psalm 64:2-6
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2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked,
from the scheming of evildoers,(A)
3 who whet their tongues like swords,
who aim bitter words like arrows,(B)
4 shooting from ambush at the blameless;
they shoot suddenly and without fear.(C)
5 They hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of laying snares secretly,
thinking, “Who can see us?[a](D)
6 Who can search out our crimes?[b]
We have thought out a cunningly conceived plot.”
For the human heart and mind are deep.(E)
2 Kings 6:31
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31 and he said, “So may God do to me and more, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat stays on his shoulders today.”(A)
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1 Corinthians 16:22
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22 Let anyone be accursed who has no love for the Lord. Our Lord, come
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- 16.22 Or Our Lord has come
Matthew 26:4
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4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.(A)
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1 Kings 19:2
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2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”(A)
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Galatians 3:13
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13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”(A)—
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Mark 6:23-26
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23 And he swore[a] to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.”(A) 24 She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the baptizer.” 25 Immediately she rushed back to the king and requested, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.” 26 The king was deeply grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.
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- 6.23 Other ancient authorities add solemnly
1 Samuel 14:24
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Saul’s Rash Oath
24 Now Saul committed a very rash act on that day.[a] He had laid an oath on the troops, saying, “Cursed be anyone who eats food before it is evening and I have been avenged on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted food.(A)
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- 14.24 Gk: Heb The Israelites were distressed that day
Matthew 27:25
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25 Then the people as a whole answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”(A)
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Matthew 26:74
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74 Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath, “I do not know the man!” At that moment the cock crowed.
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Nehemiah 10:29
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29 join with their kin, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord and his ordinances and his statutes.(A)
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1 Samuel 14:40-44
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40 He said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.” 41 Then Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant today? If this guilt is in me or in my son Jonathan, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, but if this guilt is in your people Israel,[a] give Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were indicated by the lot, but the people were cleared.(A) 42 Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand; here I am; I will die.”(B) 44 Saul said, “God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan!”(C)
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- 14.41 Gk OL: Heb
Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel
1 Samuel 14:27-28
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27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the troops with the oath, so he extended the staff that was in his hand and dipped the tip of it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.(A) 28 Then one of the soldiers said, “Your father strictly charged the troops with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food this day.’ And so the troops are faint.”
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Joshua 7:15
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15 And the one who is taken as having the devoted things shall be burned with fire, together with all that he has, for having transgressed the covenant of the Lord and for having done an outrageous thing in Israel.’ ”(A)
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Joshua 6:26
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26 Joshua then pronounced this oath, saying,
“Cursed before the Lord be anyone who tries
to build this city, Jericho!
At the cost of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation,
and at the cost of his youngest he shall set up its gates!”(A)
Leviticus 27:29
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29 No human beings who have been devoted to destruction can be ransomed; they shall be put to death.
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