Acts 23:12 Cross References - Lamsa

¹² And when it was morning, certain of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under oath, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

⁴ And they took counsel concerning Jesus, to arrest him by a snare and kill him.

⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. At that very hour the cock crowed.

²⁵ All the people then answered and said, Let his blood be on us and on our children.

²³ And he swore to her, Whatever you ask me, I will give you, as much as half of my kingdom. ²⁴ She went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask him? She said to her, The head of John the Baptist. ²⁵ And immediately she entered cautiously to the king, and said to him, I do wish in this very hour that you may give me on a tray the head of John the Baptist. ²⁶ And the king was exceedingly sorry; but because of the oaths, and because of the guests, he did not wish to refuse her.

¹⁴ And they went to the priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under an oath, not to taste anything till we have killed Paul.

²¹ You must not listen to them: for behold more than forty of them, who have bound themselves with an oath neither to eat nor to drink till they have killed him, are lying in wait for him: and behold they are ready and awaiting your reply.

³⁰ And when I was informed that the Jews had plotted secretly against him, I immediately sent him to you, and I have ordered his accusers to go and contend with him before you. Farewell.

³ They besought him as a favor to send for him and bring him to Jerusalem, for they were plotting to kill him on the way.

²² Whoever does not love our LORD Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha, that is to say, our LORD has come.

¹³ Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, by becoming accursed for our sakes: for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on a cross: