And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
Malice that cannot gain its end by tumult or law will turn to the knife. Forty men bound themselves by oath to murder Paul, their hearts filled with hatred because he preached to Gentiles. Satan had stirred them in the night; by daylight they were ready to kill. But Christ appeared to Paul in darkness to shield him, and God was awake before His enemies rose.
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Commenting on Acts 23:12-35
More than forty men bound themselves together by oath, this word means a sworn agreement, and plotted to ambush Paul as the soldiers brought him from the castle. They gathered their strength hoping to seize him from the guards' hands.
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Forty desperate men swore a solemn oath to this conspiracy. That many determined men bound by such a binding vow made Paul's danger acute; they had every prospect of success.
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