Acts 23:14 meaning and explanation

They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:14, Berean Standard Bible

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These men are part of a plot formed at daybreak, more than forty Jews who bound themselves with an oath to fast until Paul was dead. Having sworn this, they come to the chief priests and elders, the religious leadership of Jerusalem, asking them to request Paul's transfer from the Roman commander on a pretext so the ambush could happen on the road.

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