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 # Connecting Statement:
 
-While Paul was in the prison at the fortress, the disbelieving religious Jews vow to kill him.
+While Paul is in the prison at the fortress, the disbelieving religious Jews vow to kill him.
 
 # formed a conspiracy
 
-"organized a group with a shared purpose" here, to kill Paul.
+"organized a group with a shared purpose." The purpose for organizing this group was to kill Paul.
 
 # called a curse down upon themselves with an oath