en_tn_condensed/act/23/12.md

# Connecting Statement:

While Paul was 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.

# called a curse down upon themselves with an oath

The noun "curse" can be translated as a verb. It can also be made explicit what would cause them to be cursed. AT: "asked God to curse them if they did not do what they promised" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# forty men

"40 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# who formed this conspiracy

"who made this plan" or "who planned to kill Paul"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`While Paul was in the prison at the fortress, the disbelieving religious Jews vow to kill him.`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# formed a conspiracy`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"organized a group with a shared purpose" here, to kill Paul.`

			`# called a curse down upon themselves with an oath`

			`The noun "curse" can be translated as a verb. It can also be made explicit what would cause them to be cursed. AT: "asked God to curse them if they did not do what they promised" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# forty men`

			`"40 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`

			`# who formed this conspiracy`

			`"who made this plan" or "who planned to kill Paul"`