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Selected Verse: Acts 26:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 26:21 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1752] these causes [5130] the Jews [2453] caught [4815] me [3165] in [1722] the temple [2411], and went about [3987] to kill [1315] me. |
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King James |
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Caught me in the temple - Act 21:30.
And went about ... - Endeavored to put me to death. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| For these things - The apostle now applies all that he had said. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
For these causes the Jews - went about to kill me - These causes may be reduced to four heads: -
1. He had maintained the resurrection of the dead.
2. The resurrection of Christ, whom they had crucified and slain.
3. That this Jesus was the promised Messiah.
4. He had offered salvation to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews. He does not mention the accusation of having defiled the temple, nor of disloyalty to the Roman government; probably, because his adversaries had abandoned these charges at his preceding trial before Festus: see Act 25:8; and see Calmet. |
30 And [5037] all [3650] the city [4172] was moved [2795], and [2532] the people [2992] ran together [1096] [4890]: and [2532] they took [1949] Paul [3972], and drew [1670] him [846] out of [1854] the temple [2411]: and [2532] forthwith [2112] the doors [2374] were shut [2808].
8 While he answered [626] for himself [846], Neither [3754] [3777] against [1519] the law [3551] of the Jews [2453], neither [3777] against [1519] the temple [2411], nor yet [3777] against [1519] Caesar [2541], have I offended [264] any thing at all [5100].