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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: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

KJV

σὺ οὖν μὴ πεισθῇς αὐτοῖς· ἐνεδρεύουσιν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες πλείους τεσσεράκοντα, οἵτινες ἀνεθεμάτισαν ἑαυτοὺς μήτε φαγεῖν μήτε πιεῖν ἕως οὗ ἀνέλωσιν αὐτόν, καὶ νῦν εἰσιν ἕτοιμοι προσδεχόμενοι τὴν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπαγγελίαν.

Greek NT

tu vero ne credideris illis : insidiantur enim ei ex eis viri amplius quam quadraginta, qui se devoverunt non manducare, neque bibere donec interficiant eum : et nunc parati sunt, exspectantes promissum tuum.

Vulgate

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, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.

ASV

But do not thou give credit to them: for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat nor to drink, till they have killed him. And they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

28 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
μήτε
mete
conjunction · 34×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
πίνω
pino
verb · 73×
πείθω
peitho
verb · 52×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
προσδέχομαι
prosdechomai
verb · 14×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τεσσαράκοντα
tessarakonta
adjective · 22×
φάγω
phago
verb · 93×
ἀνήρ
aner
noun · 216×
ἀναθεματίζω
anathematizo
verb · 4×
ἀναιρέω
anaireo
verb · 24×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐνεδρεύω
enedreuo
verb · 2×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἕτοιμος
etoimos
adjective · 17×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×

Textual variants

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

minor
SBLGNT: εἰσιν ἕτοιμοι | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰσιν ἕτοιμοι | RP: ἕτοιμοι εἰσιν
  • εἰσιν ἕτοιμοιSBLGNT
  • εἰσιν ἕτοιμοιWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἕτοιμοι εἰσινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 11:26 — 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, i
  • Acts 9:23 — And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:
  • Acts 14:5 — 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,
  • Acts 20:19 — 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:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Acts 25:3 — And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • 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 59:3 — For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
  • Ps 119:95 — The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
  • Rom 9:3 — For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: