Acts 23:21 - Exposition

Do not thou therefore for but do not thou, A.V.; under a curse for with an oath, A.V.; neither to eat nor to drink for that they will neither eat nor drink, A.V.; slain for killed, A.V. ; the for a (promise), A.V. Do not … yield ( μὴ πεισθῇς ) ; be not persuaded by them; do not assent unto them (see Luke 16:6 ; Acts 5:40 ; Acts 17:4 , etc.). The promise , etc.; τὴν ἀπὸ σοῦ ἐπαγγελίαν . The word occurs above fifty times in the New Testament, and is always rendered "promise" in the A.V., except in 1 John 1:5 , where it is rendered both in the A.V. and the R.V. "message," which is the literal meaning of the word. In Polybius it means "a summons." Either of these meanings suits this passage better than "promise."