Acts 23:13

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Acts 23:13

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

More than forty of them were involved in this plot.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Now there were more than forty having made this sworn conspiracy,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Acts 23

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

¹² When daylight came, 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 of them were involved in this plot.

¹⁴ They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with 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 down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

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