New American Standard Bible 1995
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.
- 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 do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. 25“And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. 28Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
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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 heaven, And my advocate is on high.
- John 12:17So the people, who were with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, continued to testify about Him.
- John 19:35And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
- Romans 10:2For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge.
- 2 Corinthians 1:23But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
- 2 Corinthians 8:3For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;
- Acts 18:6But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
- 2 Samuel 3:28Afterward when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are innocent before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
- Ezekiel 3:18When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 33:2“Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, ‘If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman,
- 2 Corinthians 7:2Make room for us in your hearts; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one.
- 1 Timothy 5:22Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin.
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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