Acts 23:12 Cross References - Riverside

¹² When it was day, the Jews made a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

⁴ and they plotted to seize Jesus by some trick and kill him.

⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man." Immediately the cock crew, and

²⁵ All the people answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"

²³ He swore, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to the half of my kingdom." ²⁴ The girl went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She replied, "The head of John the Baptizer." ²⁵ The girl immediately hurried in and said to the King, "I choose to have you give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter." ²⁶ This made the King very sorry, but on account of his oaths and his guests he was unwilling to refuse her.

¹⁴ They came to the high priests and elders and said, "We have bound ourselves by an oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

²¹ But do not yield to them, for more than forty men of them are lying in ambush, and they have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him, and now they are ready, expecting a promise from you."

³⁰ Information has come to me that there will be a plot against the man, and so I am sending him at once to you, and I have commanded his accusers to state their case against him before you."

³ and begged as a favor that he would send for him to Jerusalem, intending to have an ambush and kill him on the road.

²² If any one does not love the Lord, let him be accursed! Maran atha!

¹³ Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for our sake, for it is written, "Cursed is every one who hangs on a tree,"