They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul. Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly.
Kwa sababu pepo za husiana na Shetani, mtu katika israeli angeonekana akifanya pepo ilibidi auawe. Imeandikwa, katika Mambo ya walawi 20:27 "Tena mtu mme au mke aliye na pepo au aliye mchawi hakika atauawa watawapiga kwa mawe damu ya itakuwa juu yao." Isaya 8:19 yasema "Na wakati watakapokuambia tafuta habari kwa watu wenye pepo na kwa wachawi; waliao kama ndeye na kunong'ona je haiwabasi watu kutafuta habari kutoka kwa Mungu waoje! waende kwa watu walio kufa kwa ajili ya watu walio hai?."