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The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention

Acts 23:12-22

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Chapter 23
12 And when day had come, the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying, "Neither to eat nor to drink until they kill Paul." 13 And there were more than forty who had made this conspiracy. 14 They approached the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul." 15 Now therefore, you appear before the chiliarch with the Sanhedrin so that he may bring him down to you as if about to ascertain more accurately the things concerning him; but we, before he draws near, are ready to do away with him. 16 But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the ambush, arrived and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul. 17 But calling one of the centurions to himself, Paul said, "Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him." 18 So he took him and brought him to the chiliarch and said, "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you." 19 But the chiliarch took him by the hand, withdrew by himself, and inquired: "What is it that you have to report to me?" 20 He said that the Jews had agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin tomorrow, as if to inquire more accurately about him. 21 So do not be persuaded by them, for they are lying in ambush for him from among them—more than forty men who have placed themselves under anathema, neither to eat nor to drink until they kill him. And now they are ready, awaiting your promise. 22 So the chiliarch released the young man, commanding him to tell no one, "You made these things known to me."