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.


In Context

11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."

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

13 More than forty men were involved in this plot.

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

15 Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here."

16 But when the son of Paul's sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:14and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.

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.