13
Andδὲthere wereἦσανmore thanπλείουςfortyτεσσεράκονταwhoοἱhad madeποιησάμενοιthisταύτηνplot;τὴν συνωμοσίαν
Acts 23:13
Study it in the app“And there were more than forty who had made this plot;”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 23:13, word by word
- there wereἦσανēsan
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “ēsan” appears- more thanπλείουςpleious
more
Abundantly, often, or to a still higher degree.
Where else “pleious” appears- fortyτεσσεράκονταtesserakonta
forty
Forty.
Where else “tesserakonta” appears- had madeποιησάμενοιpoiēsamenoi
make
To bring something into being: to make or create it.
Where else “poiēsamenoi” appears- plotσυνωμοσίανsynōmosian
conspiracy
Conspiracy, a secret agreement to do harm.
Where else “synōmosian” appears
The context
12And when day came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
13 · This verse (above)
14they, going to the chief priests and the elders, said, “We have bound ourselves under a curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
To study Acts 23 in a group
1. What it says
What does the Lord say to Paul the night after his appearance before the council? (v. 11)
2. What it means
Paul's nephew learns of a plot and reports it. What does the commander do with that information? (vv. 12-24)
3. How I live it
Paul was encouraged at a moment of great tension (v. 11). Who encouraged you when you needed it, and how can you do that for someone else?