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.
• 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.
• 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

24However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. 25“Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again. Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. 27For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. 28Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought 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 my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
• John 12:17Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.
• John 19:35The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe.
• Romans 10:2For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.
• 2 Corinthians 1:23I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
• 2 Corinthians 8:3For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own,
• 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.
• Acts 18:6But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
• 2 Samuel 3:28Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
• Ezekiel 3:18When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.
• Ezekiel 33:2“Son of man, speak to your people and say to them: ‘When I bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their men and make him their watchman,
• 2 Corinthians 7:2Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
• 1 Timothy 5:22Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share 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