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Selected Verse: Acts 20:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 20:26 |
Strong Concordance |
Wherefore [1352] I take [3143] you [5213] to record [3143] this [1722] [4594] day [2250], that [3754] I [1473] am pure [2513] from [575] the blood [129] of all [3956] men. |
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King James |
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| I am pure from the blood of all men-- (Act 18:6; and compare Sa1 12:3, Sa1 12:5; Eze 3:17-21; Eze 33:8-9). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Wherefore - 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 thus appeal to their hearers; and in the day of judgment may call on themselves to witness that the fault of the ruin of the soul is not to be charged to them.
That I am pure - I am not to be charged with the guilt of your condemnation, as owing to my unfaithfulness. This does not mean that he set up a claim to absolute perfection; but that, in the matter under consideration, he had a conscience void of offence.
The blood of all men - The word "blood" is often used in the sense of "death, of bloodshed"; and hence, of the "guilt or crime of putting one to death," Mat 23:35; Mat 27:25; Act 5:28; Act 18:6. It here means that if they should die the second death; if they should be lost forever, he would not be to blame. He had discharged his duty in faithfully warning and teaching them; and now, if they were lost, the fault would be their own, not his.
All men - All classes of people - Jews and Gentiles. He had warned and instructed all alike. Ministers may have many fears that their hearers will be lost. Their aim, however, should be:
(1) To save them, if possible; and,
(2) If they are lost, that it should be by no neglect or fault of theirs. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
This day (τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ)
Very forcible. Lit., on to-day's day; this, our parting day. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I 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. |
8 When I say [0559] unto the wicked [07563], O wicked [07563] man, thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]; if thou dost not speak [01696] to warn [02094] the wicked [07563] from his way [01870], that wicked [07563] man shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01245] at thine hand [03027].
9 Nevertheless, if thou warn [02094] the wicked [07563] of his way [01870] to turn [07725] from it; if he do not turn [07725] from his way [01870], he shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but thou hast delivered [05337] thy soul [05315].
17 Son [01121] of man [0120], I have made [05414] thee a watchman [06822] unto the house [01004] of Israel [03478]: therefore hear [08085] the word [01697] at my mouth [06310], and give them warning [02094] from me.
18 When I say [0559] unto the wicked [07563], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191]; and thou givest him not warning [02094], nor speakest [01696] to warn [02094] the wicked [07563] from his wicked [07563] way [01870], to save his life [02421]; the same wicked [07563] man shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01245] at thine hand [03027].
19 Yet if thou warn [02094] the wicked [07563], and he turn [07725] not from his wickedness [07562], nor from his wicked [07563] way [01870], he shall die [04191] in his iniquity [05771]; but thou hast delivered [05337] thy soul [05315].
20 Again [07725], When a righteous [06662] man doth turn [07725] from his righteousness [06664], and commit [06213] iniquity [05766], and I lay [05414] a stumblingblock [04383] before [06440] him, he shall die [04191]: because thou hast not given him warning [02094], he shall die [04191] in his sin [02403], and his righteousness [06666] which he hath done [06213] shall not be remembered [02142]; but his blood [01818] will I require [01245] at thine hand [03027].
21 Nevertheless if thou warn [02094] the righteous [06662] man, that the righteous [06662] sin [02398] not, and he doth not sin [02398], he shall surely [02421] live [02421], because he is warned [02094]; also thou hast delivered [05337] thy soul [05315].
5 And he said [0559] unto them, The LORD [03068] is witness [05707] against you, and his anointed [04899] is witness [05707] this day [03117], that ye have not found [04672] ought [03972] in my hand [03027]. And they answered [0559], He is witness [05707].
3 Behold, here I am: witness [06030] against me before the LORD [03068], and before his anointed [04899]: whose ox [07794] have I taken [03947]? or whose ass [02543] have I taken [03947]? or whom have I defrauded [06231]? whom have I oppressed [07533]? or of whose hand [03027] have I received any bribe [03724] to blind [05956] mine eyes [05869] therewith? and I will restore [07725] it you.
6 And [1161] when they opposed [498] themselves [846], and [2532] blasphemed [987], he shook [1621] his raiment [2440], and said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], Your [5216] blood [129] be upon [1909] your [5216] own heads [2776]; I [1473] am clean [2513]: from [575] henceforth [3568] I will go [4198] unto [1519] the Gentiles [1484].
6 And [1161] when they opposed [498] themselves [846], and [2532] blasphemed [987], he shook [1621] his raiment [2440], and said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], Your [5216] blood [129] be upon [1909] your [5216] own heads [2776]; I [1473] am clean [2513]: from [575] henceforth [3568] I will go [4198] unto [1519] the Gentiles [1484].
28 Saying [3004], Did [3853] not [3756] we straitly [3852] command [3853] you [5213] that ye should [1321] not [3361] teach [1321] in [1909] this [5129] name [3686]? and [2532], behold [2400], ye have filled [4137] Jerusalem [2419] with your [5216] doctrine [1322], and [2532] intend [1014] to bring [1863] this [5127] man's [444] blood [129] upon [1909] us [2248].
25 Then [2532] answered [611] all [3956] the people [2992], and said [2036], His [846] blood [129] be on [1909] us [2248], and [2532] on [1909] our [2257] children [5043].
35 That [3704] upon [1909] you [5209] may come [2064] all [3956] the righteous [1342] blood [129] shed [1632] upon [1909] the earth [1093], from [575] the blood [129] of righteous [1342] Abel [6] unto [2193] the blood [129] of Zacharias [2197] son [5207] of Barachias [914], whom [3739] ye slew [5407] between [3342] the temple [3485] and [2532] the altar [2379].