14and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.


In Context

11 But the following night the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast testified the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so thou must bear witness at Rome also.

12 And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.

13 And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;

14 and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.

15 Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.

16 But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported it to Paul.

Acts 23:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:14They went to the chief priests and elders and said, "We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:14Who came to the chief priests and the ancients, and said: We have bound ourselves under a great curse that we will eat nothing till we have slain Paul.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And they came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, |We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, 'With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves — to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:14And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.