When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.I've always wondered what happened to these men. They obviously didn't complete their promise to kill Paul. But did they follow through with the rest, to not eat or drink?
According the the beginning of the next chapter, the Jews did not even reach Paul's new location for at least 5 days. The rule of thumb is that someone can survive without water for 3 days, so by the time his next hearing occurred these men would have already been dead if they carried through. Did they do so and die, or did they take his relocation out of their reach as exceptional circumstances and annul the vow?
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