KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Acts 23:14–16
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Acts 23:14
14And 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.
14And they came to the chiefe Priests and Elders, and said, Wee haue bound our selues vnder a great curse, that wee will eate nothing vntill wee haue slaine Paul.
Acts 23:15
15Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
15Now therefore ye with the Councill, signifie to the chiefe captaine that he bring him downe vnto you to morrow, as though yee would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or euer he come neere, are ready to kill him.
Acts 23:16
16And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
16And when Pauls sisters sonne heard of their laying in wait, hee went and entred into the castle, & told Paul.
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DEFINED WORDS
Acts 23:14
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons who officiate in sacred service, especially by offering sacrifices or ministering in worship; KJV contexts distinguish Mosaic priests, priests of other gods, chief priests, and persons made priests unto God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (headword: priest)
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Made fast, tied, confined, or obligated; destined or going toward; as a verb, to set a limit.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The reflexive or emphatic pronoun referring to the speaker together with others.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
No thing; not anything; of no value or effect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Killed or put to death, especially by violence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 23:15
To make known, declare, indicate, or express by words or signs.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Principal, foremost, highest in rank or importance; also a leader.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
An unspecified or undetermined thing, matter, act, or amount.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A greater amount, number, or degree; in a greater degree.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Fully, completely, exactly, or with greater thoroughness, as the context indicates.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
concerning
Regarding, relating to, or about.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
At any time; always; continually; or forever, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To deprive of life; to slay or destroy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Acts 23:16
To remain in expectation or readiness; to attend or serve; as a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Went or came in; was admitted, introduced, or penetrated.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A house fortified for defense against an enemy; a fortress.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To tell: to say, relate, inform, count, or make known.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 14
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Open the full verse study12And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
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Open the full verse study12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
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Open the full verse study9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
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Open the full verse study9¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
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Open the full verse study3¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
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Open the full verse study1WHY boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
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Open the full verse study15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
From verse 15
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Open the full verse study7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
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Open the full verse study32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
33The Lord will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
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Open the full verse study11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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Open the full verse study16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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Open the full verse study16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
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Open the full verse study11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
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Open the full verse study14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
15Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16Destruction and misery are in their ways:
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Open the full verse study3And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
From verse 16
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Open the full verse study19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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Open the full verse study10And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
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Open the full verse study32On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle:
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Open the full verse study13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
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Open the full verse study37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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Open the full verse study30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
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Open the full verse study17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
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Open the full verse study34And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
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