11. That night the Lord stood beside Paul and said, “Don't worry! Just as you have told others about me in Jerusalem, you must also tell about me in Rome.”
12-13. The next morning more than forty Jewish men got together and vowed that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
14. Then some of them went to the chief priests and the nation's leaders and said, “We have promised God that we would not eat a thing until we have killed Paul.
15. You and everyone in the council must go to the commander and pretend that you want to find out more about the charges against Paul. Ask for him to be brought before your court. Meanwhile, we will be waiting to kill him before he gets there.”
16. When Paul's nephew heard about the plot, he went to the fortress and told Paul about it.
17. So Paul said to one of the army officers, “Take this young man to the commander. He has something to tell him.”