Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you. New Living Translation I declare today that I have been faithful. If anyone suffers eternal death, it’s not my fault, English Standard Version Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, Berean Standard Bible Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. Berean Literal Bible Therefore I testify to you in this day that I am innocent of the blood of all. King James Bible Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. New King James Version Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. New American Standard Bible Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all people. NASB 1995 “Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. NASB 1977 “Therefore I testify to you this day, that I am innocent of the blood of all men. Legacy Standard Bible Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all. Amplified Bible For that reason I testify to you on this [our parting] day that I am innocent of the blood of all people. Christian Standard Bible Therefore I declare to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all of you, Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of everyone’s blood, American Standard Version Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “And because of this, I testify to you today that I am pure from the blood of all of you.” Contemporary English Version I tell you today I am no longer responsible for any of you! Douay-Rheims Bible Wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all men; English Revised Version Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. GOD'S WORD® Translation Therefore, I declare to you today that I am not responsible for the [spiritual] death of any of you. Good News Translation So I solemnly declare to you this very day: if any of you should be lost, I am not responsible. International Standard Version I therefore declare to you today that I'm not responsible for the blood of any of you, Literal Standard Version for this reason I take you to witness this day, that I [am] clear from the blood of all, Majority Standard Bible Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. New American Bible And so I solemnly declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you, NET Bible Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all. New Revised Standard Version Therefore I declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you, New Heart English Bible Therefore I testify to you today that I am innocent of everyone's blood, Webster's Bible Translation Wherefore I call you to witness this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. Weymouth New Testament Therefore I protest to you to-day that I am not responsible for the ruin of any one of you. World English Bible Therefore I testify to you today that I am clean from the blood of all men, Young's Literal Translation wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul's Farewell to the Ephesians…25Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again. 26Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.… Cross References Jeremiah 42:21 For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you. Ezekiel 33:9 But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life. 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." Treasury of Scripture Why I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. I take. Job 16:19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. John 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. John 19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. that. 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. 2 Samuel 3:28 And 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 3:18-21 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… Jump to Previous Blood Clean Clear Declare Innocent Protest Pure Record Responsible Ruin Testify Today To-Day Wherefore WitnessJump to Next Blood Clean Clear Declare Innocent Protest Pure Record Responsible Ruin Testify Today To-Day Wherefore WitnessActs 20 1. Paul goes to Macedonia, and thence to Troas.7. He celebrates the Lord's supper, and preaches. 9. Eutychus having fallen down dead is raised to life. 13. Paul continues his travels; 17. and at Miletum he calls the elders together, tells them what shall befall to himself, 28. commits God's flock to them, 29. warns them of false teachers, 32. commends them to God, 36. prays with them, and departs. (26) I am pure from the blood of all men.--The image was a familiar one in the Apostle's lips (Acts 18:6). It rested on the language of an older prophet (Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 3:20). He had acted on the teaching of that prophet, and none could require the blood of any man at his hands.Verse 26. - Testify unto you for take you to record, A.V. The solemnity of this address is dependent upon the speaker's conviction that he was speaking to his hearers for the last time. Hence the force of the words, "this day" (ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ); "my last opportunity." I am pure, etc. (comp. Ezekiel 3:17-21; Ezekiel 33:2, 9; Hebrews 13:17). Note the peril of hiding or watering God's truth. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Thereforeδιότι (dioti) Conjunction Strong's 1360: On this account, because, for. From dia and hoti; on the very account that, or inasmuch as. I testify μαρτύρομαι (martyromai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3143: (properly: To call (summon) to witness, and then absolutely) To testify, protest, asseverate; To conjure, solemnly charge. to you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. this σήμερον (sēmeron) Adverb Strong's 4594: Today, now. Neuter of a presumed compound of the article ho and hemera; on the day; generally, now. day ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Strong's 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset. that ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. I [am] εἰμι (eimi) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. innocent καθαρός (katharos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 2513: Clean. of ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. the τοῦ (tou) Article - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. blood αἵματος (haimatos) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular Strong's 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred. of all [men]. πάντων (pantōn) Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. 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