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 none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. Therefore I testify to you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men . 27For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God. 28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Spirit hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased 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

• Thereforeδιόdio · thereforeG1352
• youὑμῖνhumin · to youG5213
• youμαρτύρομαιmarturomai · to testifyG3143
• thisἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• thisσήμερονsēmeron · todayG4594
• dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• pureκαθαρόςkatharos · cleanG2513
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• bloodαἷμαaima · bloodG129
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956

Cross-references for Acts 20:26

• Job 16:19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
• John 12:17The people therefore that were with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bore witness.
• John 19:35And he that saw it bore witness, and his witness is true: and he knoweth that he speaketh truth, that ye may believe.
• Romans 10:2For I bear them witness that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
• 2 Corinthians 1:23Moreover I call God for a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I have not as yet come to Corinth.
• 2 Corinthians 8:3For to their power, I bear witness, and even beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
• 1 Thessalonians 2:10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how devoutly and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
• Acts 18:6And when they opposed them, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.
• 2 Samuel 3:28And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
• Ezekiel 3:18When I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; 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 to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man from among them, and set him for their watchman:
• 2 Corinthians 7:2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
• 1 Timothy 5:22Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s 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