And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
So they went to the chief priests and elders and said, 'We've made a serious oath, we're not eating anything until Paul is dead.'
These guys literally swore off food until they could kill Paul, that's some intense hatred right there.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Acts, Paul is imprisoned in Jerusalem after being accused by Jewish leaders of stirring up trouble among the Jews. A group of zealous Jews conspired to kill him by ambushing him during a transfer, and they made a binding oath not to eat until they succeeded, which was a common Jewish practice to demonstrate serious commitment. This event occurred amid growing tensions between early Christians and Jewish authorities in the first century AD.
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