10. As the conflict grew more violent, the commander was afraid they would tear Paul apart. So he ordered his soldiers to go and rescue him by force and take him back to the fortress.
11. That night the Lord appeared to Paul and said, “Be encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good News in Rome as well.”
12. The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
13. There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy.
14. They went to the leading priests and elders and told them, “We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.