10 Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

11 But ^athe following night the Lord stood by him and said,¹ “Be of good cheer, Paul; for as you have testified for Me in ^bJerusalem, so you must also bear witness at ^cRome.”  ‡

13 Now there were more than forty who had formed this conspiracy.

14 They came to the chief priests and ^aelders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.  ‡