Acts 23:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

{G3767} Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, {G3739} neither to eat nor to drink till {G3739} they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Σὺ οὖν μὴ πεισθῇς αὐτοῖς: ἐνεδρεύουσιν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες πλείους τεσσαράκοντα, οἵτινες ἀνεθεμάτισαν ἑαυτοὺς, μήτε φαγεῖν μήτε πιεῖν ἕως οὗ ἀνέλωσιν αὐτόν: καὶ νῦν ἕτοιμοί εἰσιν, προσδεχόμενοι τὴν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπαγγελίαν.

Transliteration

You oun not peisthēs to-them: enedreuousin gar him from them andres more-than tessarakonta, who anethematisan themselves, neither phagein nor piein until which anelōsin him: and now hetoimoi eisin, prosdechomenoi the from you epangelian.

Grammar Details

*oun*: postpositive inferential particle - therefore
*peisthēs*: aorist passive subjunctive, 2nd person singular - you might be persuaded
*enedreuousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they are lying in wait for
*gar*: postpositive particle - for
*andres*: nominative masculine plural - men
*tessarakonta*: cardinal numeral - forty
*anethematisan*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural - they bound with a curse
*phagein*: aorist active infinitive - to eat
*piein*: aorist active infinitive - to drink
*anelōsin*: aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural - they might kill
*hetoimoi*: nominative masculine plural - ready
*eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they are
*prosdechomenoi*: present middle participle, nominative masculine plural - waiting for
*epangelian*: accusative feminine singular - promise/agreement

Word Meanings

*peisthēs*: be persuaded/convinced/yield to
*enedreuousin*: lie in wait for/ambush/plot against
*anethematisan*: bound under a curse/put under oath
*anelōsin*: kill/slay/do away with
*hetoimoi*: ready/prepared
*prosdechomenoi*: waiting for/expecting/looking for
*epangelian*: promise/agreement/consent

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Referenced Verses

Acts 23:12-14 : 12 And when it was day, {G5100} the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy. 14 And 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.
Acts 25:3 : 3 asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.
Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that I myself were anathema from Christ for my brethren's sake, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
2 Cor 11:26 : 26 [ in] journeyings often, [in] perils of rivers, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils from [my] countrymen, [in] perils from the Gentiles, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false brethren;
2 Cor 11:32-33 : 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes {G5432} in order to take me: 33 and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands.
Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice]:
Acts 9:23-24 : 23 And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him: 24 but their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates also day and night that they might kill him:
Acts 14:5-6 : 5 And when there was made an onset both of the Gentiles and of the Jews with their rulers, to treat them shamefully and to stone them, 6 they became aware of it, and fled unto the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the region round about:
Acts 20:19 : 19 serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with {G4183} tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

Similar Verses (AI)

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Acts 23:10-20
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10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the castle.
11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer: {G3972} for as thou hast testified concerning me at Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
12And when it was day, {G5100} the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.
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.
15Now therefore do ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you, as though ye would judge of his case more exactly: and we, before he comes near, are ready to slay him.
16But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.
17And Paul called unto him one of the centurions, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain; for he hath something to tell him.
18So {G3303} he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and saith, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and asked me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say to thee.
19And the chief captain took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, What is it that thou hast to tell me?
20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul to-morrow unto the council, as though thou wouldest inquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.
Acts 23:22-24
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22So {G3303} the chief captain let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou hast signified these things to me.
23And he called unto him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night:
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Acts 23:30-31
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30And when it was shown to me {G5259} that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to thee forthwith, charging his accusers also to speak against him before thee.
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2And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they besought him,
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22What is it therefore? They will certainly {G4905} {G1063} hear that thou art come.
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31And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
32And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.
33Then the chief captain came near, and laid hold on him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and inquired who {G302} he was, and what he had done.
Acts 22:29-30
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29They then that were about to examine him straightway departed from him: and the chief captain also was afraid when he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
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Acts 9:23-24
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23And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:
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Acts 21:38
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Acts 26:21
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21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
Acts 21:11-13
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11And coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
12And when we heard these things, both we and they of that place besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 25:15
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15about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed [me], asking for sentence against him.
Acts 28:17
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17And it came to pass, that after three days he called together those that were the chief of the Jews: and when they were come together, he said unto them, I, brethren, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, yet was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans:
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23And he gave order to the centurion that he should be kept in charge, and should have indulgence; and not to forbid any of his friends to minister {G2228} unto him.
Acts 21:27
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27And when the seven days were almost completed, the Jews {G3588} from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,
Acts 19:31
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31And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.
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42And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any [of them] should swim out, and escape.
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Acts 22:25-26
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25And when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
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6And he consented, and sought opportunity to deliver him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
Acts 25:6
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6And when he had tarried among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and on the morrow he sat on the judgment-seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
Acts 25:24
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24And Festus saith, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
Acts 26:31
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