 | Benjamin Whichcote - 1751 - 418 pages
...of fome men, that out of their great zeal for the mofaical law, banded together and bound themfdves with an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed" Paid. Arid 1 Kings xviii. we read o[ Baal's priefts, how that they cut themfelves after their... | |
 | Benjamin Whichcote - Theology - 1751 - 418 pages
...of fome men, that out of their great zeal for the mofaical law, banded together and bound themfelves with an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul. And 1 Kings xviii. we read of Baal's priefb^ how that they cut themfelves after their... | |
 | Thomas Harmer - Bible - 1787 - 542 pages
...of our Lord might be difpatched. In the cafe of St. Paul, more than forty men had bound themfehes by an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink 'till they had killed him, Acts xxiii. 21 ; it doth not appear that the chief men of the Jews, at the time of our... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1795 - 540 pages
...tremble ? Were it but the oath of a man, or a company of men, as thefe forty men, that bound themfelves with an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul, it would bereave you of your night's reft and quiet, till you were made friends with your... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 456 pages
...being greatly enraged that Paul was safe, formed a conspiracy against him, and bound themselves by an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed him ; and having concerted a scheme for putting it in execution, informed the chief Priests,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 456 pages
...being greatly enraged that Paul was safe, formed a conspiracy against him, and bound themselves by an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed him ; and having concerted a scheme for putting it in execution, informed the chief Priests,... | |
 | Arminianism - 1845 - 694 pages
...arrival, certain Jews, who hated him because of his zeal in the Christian cause, bound themselves by an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had slain him. This murderous conspiracy was providentially discovered ; and information of it having been communicated... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1825 - 398 pages
...hang on the glad tidings : May your hearts imbibe the precious doctrine ! Had " more than forty men bound themselves with an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed" (Acts xxiii. 21.) some one in this congregation ; the danger would be great, and the case startling.... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1826 - 858 pages
...inflict violence on his person, Acts xxi. 27 — 36. And afterwards, when about forty Jews associated and bound themselves with an oath that they would neither eat nor drink till they had assassinated him, Lysias, to secure the person of the Apostle from their determined fury, ordered seventy... | |
 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - Anglican Communion - 1826 - 490 pages
...enemies of St. Paul, provided to stop the clamours and demands of an empty stomach, with a solemn vow that they would neither eat nor drink, till they had slain Paul. Lust never gives over, till it finish sin ; and therefore the love of Christ should never give over,... | |
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Stephen the most barbarous violence ; caused an execrable conspiracy of forty zealots to bind themselves by an oath, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had slain Paul... 
