Acts 23:21
21Youσὺthereforeοὖνnotμὴshould be persuadedπεισθῇςby themαὐτοῖς,Lie in waitἐνεδρεύουσινindeedγὰρfor himαὐτὸνofἐξthemαὐτῶνmenἄνδρεςmore thanπλείουςfortyτεσσεράκοντα,whoοἵτινεςhave put under an oathἀνεθεμάτισανthemselvesἑαυτοὺςneitherμήτεto eatφαγεῖνnorμήτεto drinkπιεῖνuntilἕωςthatοὗthey have killedἀνέλωσινhimαὐτόν,andκαὶnowνῦνthey areεἰσινreadyἕτοιμοιawaitingπροσδεχόμενοιtheτὴνfromἀπὸyouσοῦpromiseἐπαγγελίαν.
You, therefore, should not be persuaded by them. For more than forty of their men lie in wait for him, who have put themselves under an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they should kill him; and now they are ready, awaiting the promise from you.”
Vocab difficulty
Rare words
ἐνεδρεύουσιν
ἐνεδρεύω
I lie in wait (ambush) for, seek to entrap (hence: I defraud, deceive).
ἀνεθεμάτισαν
ἀναθεματίζω
I curse, invoke curses, devote to destruction.