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 worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace. 25“And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again. Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all. 27For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God. 28Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

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 my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
• John 12:17So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.
• John 19:35And the person who saw it 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 can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
• 2 Corinthians 1:23Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
• 2 Corinthians 8:3For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.
• Acts 18:6When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”
• 2 Samuel 3:28When David later heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner!
• Ezekiel 3:18When I say to the wicked, “You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him – you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live – that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
• Ezekiel 33:2“Son of man, speak to your people, and say to them, ‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.
• 2 Corinthians 7:2Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.
• 1 Timothy 5:22Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with 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