CAB(i)
12 Now when it was day, some of the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by a curse, saying neither would they eat nor drink until they would kill Paul.
13 And there were over four hundred who had made this plot;
14 who came to the chief priests and to the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves by oath with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
15 Now you, therefore, together with the council, suggest to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you are going to determine more accurately the things concerning him; but we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him."
16 But when Paul's sister's son heard about the ambush, he came and entered into the barracks, and told this to Paul.
17 And Paul, summoning one of the centurions and said, "Lead this young man away to the commander, for he has something to tell him."
18 Therefore taking him along, he brought him to the commander and said, "The prisoner Paul, having summoned me, asked me to bring this young man to you, for he has something to say to you."
19 And the commander, taking him by his hand, withdrew to a private place and inquired, "What is it that you have to tell me?"
20 And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask that tomorrow you bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin, as though they are going to learn something more accurate concerning him.
21 Therefore you must not be persuaded by them; for more than four hundred of them are lying in wait for him, who have bound themselves by a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they kill him; and now they are prepared, waiting for the promise from you."
22 Then the commander dismissed the young man, and commanded him, "Tell no one that you have made known these things to me."