"Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye w…" — Acts 23:15

Acts 23:15 · KJV

“Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.”

— Acts 23:15

Verse 14

And 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.

Verse 16

And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

Acts 23 — Context

And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

And 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.

Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

Then Paul called one of the centurions unto {him}, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.

Cross References

Psalms 37:32-33

The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

Isaiah 59:7

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts {are} thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction {are} in their paths. {destruction: Heb. breaking}

Proverbs 1:11-12

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

Romans 3:14-16

Whose mouth {is} full of cursing and bitterness:

Psalms 21:11

For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, {which} they are not able {to perform}.

Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause {some} to fall.

Acts 22:30

On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from {his} bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.