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.
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Gill's Exposition
So the chief captain then let the young man depart,.... After he had had the account from him, and was master of the whole affair:
and charged him, see thou tell no man that thou hast showed these…
Barnes' Notes
Looking for a promise from thee - Waiting for your consent to bring him down to them.
We have here the story of a plot against the life of Paul; how it was laid, how it was discovered, and how it was defeated.
I. How this plot was laid. They found they could gain nothing by popular…
Cambridge Bible
But do not thou yield unto them More literally, "Do not thou therefore yield, &c." (with Rev. Ver.).
which have bound themselves with an oath The Greek is the same as in Act 23:12. It is better…
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