Acts 20:26

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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault,

Context of Acts 20:26

24But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. 25And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, 27for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. 28Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

Acts 20:26 word by word

διότι μαρτύρομαι ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος πάντων·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Whereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• I takeμαρτύρομαιmarturomai · to testifyG3143
• youσύsu · youG4771
• ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thisσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• pureκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• of allπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for Acts 20:26

• Job 16:19Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who testifies for me is on high.
• John 12:17The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.
• John 19:35He who saw it has borne witness—his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth—that you also may believe.
• Romans 10:2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
• 2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God to witness against me—it was to spare you that I refrained from coming again to Corinth.
• 2 Corinthians 8:3For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers.
• Acts 18:6And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."
• 2 Samuel 3:28Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, "I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
• Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
• Ezekiel 33:2"Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman,
• 2 Corinthians 7:2Make room in your hearts for us. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
• 1 Timothy 5:22Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself 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