Acts 23:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

yield unto. be persuaded by. Greek. peitho. App-150.

lie in wait. Greek. enedreuo. Only here and Luke 11:54. Compare Acts 23:16.

men. App-123.

looking for. Greek. prosdechomai. Compare Acts 24:15.Mark 15:43 (waited for).

a. the. This shows that some promise of. further trial of Paul had been given.

Acts 23:21

21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.