12. The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
13. More than forty men were involved in this plot.
14. They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
15. Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him before you on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about his case. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.”
16. But when the son of Paul’s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
17. Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”
18. So he took him to the commander. The centurion said, “Paul, the prisoner, sent for me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”