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Acts 23:12

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.

KJV

Γενομένης δὲ ἡμέρας ποιήσαντες συστροφὴν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀνεθεμάτισαν ἑαυτοὺς, λέγοντες μήτε φαγεῖν μήτε πιεῖν ἕως οὗ ἀποκτείνωσιν τὸν Παῦλον.

Greek NT

Facta autem die collegerunt se quidam ex Judæis, et devoverunt, se dicentes neque manducaturos, neque bibituros donec occiderent Paulum.

Vulgate

And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

ASV

And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul.

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μήτε
mete
conjunction · 34×
πίνω
pino
verb · 73×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
συστροφή
sustrophe
noun · 2×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἀναθεματίζω
anathematizo
verb · 4×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: συστροφὴν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι | WH/Treg/NIV: συστροφὴν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι | RP: τινες τῶν Ἰουδαίων συστροφήν
  • συστροφὴν οἱ ἸουδαῖοιSBLGNT
  • συστροφὴν οἱ ἸουδαῖοιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • τινες τῶν Ἰουδαίων συστροφήνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 16:22 — If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
  • 1John 3:15 — Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
  • 1Kgs 19:2 — Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
  • 1Sam 14:24 — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the peo
  • 1Sam 14:27 — But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; a
  • 1Sam 14:40 — Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
  • 2Kgs 6:31 — Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
  • Acts 23:14 — 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 23:14 — 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 23:21 — 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: an
  • Acts 23:21 — 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: an
  • Acts 23:30 — And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
  • Acts 25:3 — And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
  • Acts 25:3 — And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
  • Gal 3:13 — Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
  • Gen 28:20 — And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
  • Gen 37:18 — And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
  • Isa 8:9 — Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken i
  • Jer 11:9 — And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
  • Jer 11:19 — But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off
  • Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
  • Josh 6:26 — And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his younges
  • Josh 7:15 — And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought fol
  • Judg 21:1 — Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
  • Lev 5:4 — Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilt
  • Lev 27:29 — None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
  • Mark 6:23 — And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
  • Matt 26:4 — And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
  • Matt 26:74 — Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
  • Matt 26:74 — Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
  • Matt 27:23 — And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
  • Matt 27:25 — Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Neh 10:29 — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of
  • Num 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
  • Ps 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
  • Ps 31:13 — For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
  • Ps 36:4 — He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 56:6 — They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
  • Ps 64:2 — Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: