Acts 23:12
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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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Acts 23:30
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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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Isaiah 8:9-10
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9 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]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 8:9 Or Be evil
- Isaiah 8:9 Or dismayed
- Isaiah 8:10 The Hebrew for God is with us is Immanuel
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, 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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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 till we have killed Paul.
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Psalm 31:13
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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.
Psalm 2:1-3
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The Reign of the Lord's Anointed
2 (A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble
Acts 25:3
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3 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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- Acts 25:3 Greek him
Jeremiah 11:19
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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.”
Psalm 64:2-6
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2 Hide me from (A)the secret plots of the wicked,
from the throng of evildoers,
3 who (B)whet their tongues like swords,
who (C)aim bitter words like arrows,
4 shooting from (D)ambush at the blameless,
shooting at him suddenly and (E)without fear.
5 They (F)hold fast to their evil purpose;
they talk of (G)laying snares secretly,
thinking, (H)“Who can see them?”
6 They search out injustice,
saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.”
For (I)the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
2 Kings 6:31
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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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1 Corinthians 16:22
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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 Corinthians 16:22 Greek Maranatha (a transliteration of Aramaic)
Matthew 26:4
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4 (A)and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.
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