The oath and the plot

¹² The next morning, the Jews made a plot together. They swore an oath, binding themselves not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. ¹³ There were more than forty of them who made this solemn vow with one another. ¹⁴ They went to the high priest and the elders.

“We have sworn a solemn and binding oath,” they said, “not to taste anything until we have killed Paul.