Acts 20:26
24 But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
25 Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
27 For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
28 Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
- KJV
- Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
- WEB
- Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all men,
- ASV
- Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
- DARBY
- Wherefore I witness to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all,
- BLB
- Therefore I testify to you⁺ in this day that I [am] innocent of the blood of all.
- ÅB
- Derfor vitner jeg for dere på denne dag at jeg er ren for alles blod;
- OTB
- Derfor erklærer jeg for dere i dag at jeg er fri fra ansvaret for noen av dere.
- B1930
- Derfor vidner jeg for eder på denne dag at jeg er ren for alles blod;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 18:6
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
Read in contextJohn 12:17
Meanwhile, many people continued to testify that they had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:18–21
If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:2–9
“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:10–12
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:2
Make room for us in your hearts. We have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have exploited no one.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:3
For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:23
I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
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