Acts 23:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a 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, certain of 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 which had made this conspiracy. 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.
Acts 25:3 : 3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Rom 9:3 : 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
2 Cor 11:26 : 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, 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 kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down 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 decline after many to wrest judgment:
Acts 9:23-24 : 23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: 24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
Acts 14:5-6 : 5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, 6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
Acts 20:19 : 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait 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 have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
12And when it was day, certain of 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 which had made this conspiracy.
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.
15Now 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.
16And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
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18So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.
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Acts 23:22-24
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22So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
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