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Acts 20:26
26Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,
Acts 20:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
Context of Acts 20:26
24But I make no account of [my] life [as] dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God. 25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom [of God], shall see my face no more. Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all, 27for I have not shrunk from announcing to you all the counsel of God. 28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, wherein the Holy Spirit has set you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God, which he has purchased with the blood of his own.
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διότι μαρτύρομαι ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος πάντων·Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Acts 20:26
- Job 16:19Even now, behold, my Witness is in the heavens, and he that voucheth for me is in the heights.
- John 12:17The crowd therefore that was with him bore witness because he had called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from among [the] dead.
- John 19:35And he who saw it bears witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says true that ye also may believe.
- Romans 10:2For I bear them witness that they have zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
- 2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God to witness upon my soul that to spare you I have not yet come to Corinth.
- 2 Corinthians 8:3For according to [their] power, I bear witness, and beyond [their] power, [they were] willing of their own accord,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10Ye [are] witnesses, and God, how piously and righteously and blamelessly we have conducted ourselves with you that believe:
- Acts 18:6But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: I [am] pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.
- 2 Samuel 3:28And afterwards David heard [it], and he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
- Ezekiel 3:18When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he may live: the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.
- Ezekiel 33:2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them all, and set him for their watchman:
- 2 Corinthians 7:2Receive us: we have injured no one, we have ruined no one, we have made gain of no one.
- 1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands quickly on no man, nor partake in others' sins. Keep thyself pure.
Commentaries on Acts 20:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26I am pure from the blood of all - If any man, Jew or Gentile, perish in his sins, his blood shall be upon him; he, alone, shall be accessary to his own perdition. I am blameless, because I have fully shown to both the way to escape from every evil.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Wherefore - In view of the past, of my ministry and labors among you, I appeal to your own selves to testify that I have been faithful. I take you to record - Greek: I call you to witness. If any of you are lost; if you prove unfaithful to God, I appeal to yourselves that the fault is not mine. It is well when a minister can make this appeal, and call his hearers to bear testimony to his own faithfulness. Ministers who preach the gospel with fidelity may…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-27Verses 17-27 The elders knew that Paul was no designing, self-seeking man. Those who would in any office serve the Lord acceptably, and profitably to others, must do it with humility. He was a plain preacher, one that spoke his message so as to be understood. He was a powerful preacher; he preached the gospel as a testimony to them if they received it; but as a testimony against them if they rejected it. He was a profitable preacher; one that aimed to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men: Compare Ezekiel 3:16–21.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2725-27. I know that ye all ... shall see my face no more--not an inspired prediction of what was certainly to be, but what the apostle, in his peculiar circumstances, fully expected. Whether, therefore, he ever did see them again, is a question to be decided purely on its own evidence.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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