Acts 20:26
24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath 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
And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
Read in contextJohn 12:17
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:18–21
When I say unto 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 thine hand.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:2–9
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:10–12
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
Read in context2 Corinthians 7:2
Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:3
For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
Read in context2 Corinthians 1:23
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
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