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They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

Acts 23:14 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીપ્રેરિતોનાં કૃત્યો ૨૩:૧૪
તેઓએ મુખ્ય યાજક તથા વડીલોની પાસે જઈને કહ્યું કે, ‘અમે ગંભીર સોગનથી બંધાયા છીએ કે, પાઉલને મારી નાખીએ નહિ ત્યાં સુધી અમે મુખમાં કશું પણ મૂકીશું નહિ.
हिन्दीप्रेरितों के काम २३:१४
उन्होंने प्रधान याजकों और प्राचीनों के पास आकर कहा, “हमने यह ठाना है कि जब तक हम पौलुस को मार न डालें, तब तक यदि कुछ भी खाएँ, तो हम पर धिक्कार है।

In context

12When it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

13There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.

14They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

15Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

16But Paul’s sister’s son heard they were lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.

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