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The Plot to Kill Paul

Acts 23:13

In 9 translations

BSB
More than forty of them were involved in this plot.
KJV
And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
WEB
There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.
ASV
And they were more than forty that made this conspiracy.
LSV
and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,
YLT
and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,
DBY
And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;
DRC
And they were more than forty men that had made this conspiracy.
GNV
And they were more then fourtie, which had made this conspiracie.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ποιησάμενοι (“having made”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read πεποιηκότες (“having made”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of τεσσεράκοντα: Textus Receptus: τεσσαράκοντα.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: ποιησάμενοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ποιησάμενοι; Robinson–Pierpont read πεποιηκότες.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἦσαν δὲ πλείους τεσσεράκοντα οἱ ταύτην τὴν συνωμοσίαν ποιησάμενοι·
RP2018
Ἦσαν δὲ πλείους τεσσαράκοντα οἱ ταύτην τὴν συνωμοσίαν πεποιηκότες·
TR-Boyd
Ἦσαν δὲ πλείους τεσσαράκοντα οἱ ταύτην τὴν συνωμοσίαν πεποιηκότες·
SCR1894
ησαν δε πλειους τεσσαρακοντα οι ταυτην την συνωμοσιαν πεποιηκοτες

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◆ The conspiracy to kill Paul

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
  • 2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
  • 2 Samuel 15:12While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh. So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

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