Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. New Living Translation Some Jews arrested me in the Temple for preaching this, and they tried to kill me. English Standard Version For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. Berean Standard Bible For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. Berean Literal Bible On account of these things the Jews, having seized me being in the temple, were attempting to kill me. King James Bible For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. New King James Version For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. New American Standard Bible For these reasons some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to murder me. NASB 1995 “For this reason some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to put me to death. NASB 1977 “For this reason some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to put me to death. Legacy Standard Bible For this reason some Jews seized me in the temple and were trying to put me to death. Amplified Bible Because of this some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. Christian Standard Bible For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and were trying to kill me. Holman Christian Standard Bible For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me. American Standard Version For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me. Contemporary English Version That is why some men grabbed me in the temple and tried to kill me. English Revised Version For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me. GOD'S WORD® Translation For this reason the Jews took me prisoner in the temple courtyard and tried to murder me. Good News Translation It was for this reason that these Jews seized me while I was in the Temple, and they tried to kill me. International Standard Version For this reason the Jewish leaders grabbed me in the Temple and kept trying to kill me. Majority Standard Bible For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. NET Bible For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me. New Heart English Bible For this reason Jews seized me when I was in the temple, and tried to kill me. Webster's Bible Translation For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. Weymouth New Testament "It was on this account that the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me. World English Bible For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionbecause of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavoring to kill [me]. Berean Literal Bible On account of these things the Jews, having seized me being in the temple, were attempting to kill me. Young's Literal Translation because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring to kill me. Smith's Literal Translation For these things, me the Jews, having seized in the temple, attempted to kill with their own hands. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me. Catholic Public Domain Version It was for this reason that the Jews, having apprehended me when I was in the temple, attempted to kill me. New American Bible That is why the Jews seized me [when I was] in the temple and tried to kill me. New Revised Standard Version For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor these causes the Jews seized me in the temple, and wanted to kill me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “And because of these things, the Jews seized me in The Temple and wanted to kill me.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentFor these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple, and endeavored to kill me. Godbey New Testament On account of these things the Jews, taking me while in the temple, endeavored to kill me. Haweis New Testament Because of these things, the Jews seizing me in the temple, attempted to kill me on the spot. Mace New Testament for such a conduct the Jews seiz'd upon me in the temple, designing to assassinate me; Weymouth New Testament "It was on this account that the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me. Worrell New Testament On account of these things, Jews, seizing me in the temple, were attempting to kill me. Worsley New Testament For these things the Jews seized me in the temple, and attempted to kill me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Paul's Testimony to Agrippa…20First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance. 21For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me. 22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:… Cross References Acts 21:30-31 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut. / While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil. Acts 22:22-23 The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!” / As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air, Acts 23:12-15 When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. ... Acts 24:5-6 We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes, / and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him. Acts 25:2-3 where the chief priests and Jewish leaders presented their case against Paul. They urged Festus / to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way. John 15:18-20 If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. John 16:2-3 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. / They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. 2 Corinthians 11:23-26 Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death. / Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea. ... 2 Timothy 3:11-12 my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. / Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, Matthew 10:17-18 But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues. / On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. Matthew 23:34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. Luke 21:12 But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors. 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews, / who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men, / hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them. Romans 15:31 Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there, Jeremiah 11:19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.” Treasury of Scripture For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. the Jews. Acts 21:30,31 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut… Acts 22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. Acts 23:12-15 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul… Jump to Previous Account Assayed Attempt Attempted Caught Cause Causes Courts Death Destroy Hands Jews Kill Lay Reason Seized Temple TriedJump to Next Account Assayed Attempt Attempted Caught Cause Causes Courts Death Destroy Hands Jews Kill Lay Reason Seized Temple TriedActs 26 1. Paul, in the presence of Agrippa, declares his life from his childhood;12. and how miraculously he was converted, and called to his apostleship. 24. Festus charges him with being insane, whereunto he answers modestly. 28. Agrippa is almost persuaded to be a Christian. 31. The whole company pronounces him innocent. For this reason This phrase indicates a cause or motivation behind the actions that follow. In the context of Acts 26, Paul is defending himself before King Agrippa, explaining why he has been persecuted. The "reason" refers to his preaching of the Gospel and his mission to the Gentiles, which was seen as controversial and threatening to Jewish leaders. The Greek word used here, "ἕνεκα" (heneka), implies a direct cause, emphasizing that Paul's mission and message were the catalysts for the ensuing conflict. the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me Parallel Commentaries ... Greek For this reasonἕνεκα (heneka) Preposition Strong's 1752: Or heneken hen'-ek-en or heineken hi'-nek-en; of uncertain affinity; on account of. the Jews Ἰουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah. seized συλλαβόμενοι (syllabomenoi) Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 4815: From sun and lambano; to clasp, i.e. Seize; specially, to conceive; by implication, to aid. me με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative 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. temple courts ἱερῷ (hierō) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular Strong's 2411: Neuter of hieros; a sacred place, i.e. The entire precincts of the Temple. [and] tried ἐπειρῶντο (epeirōnto) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 3987: Mid: I try, attempt, endeavor. From peira; to test, i.e. to attempt. to kill [me]. διαχειρίσασθαι (diacheirisasthai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle Strong's 1315: From dia and a derivative of cheir; to handle thoroughly, i.e. Lay violent hands upon. Links Acts 26:21 NIVActs 26:21 NLT Acts 26:21 ESV Acts 26:21 NASB Acts 26:21 KJV Acts 26:21 BibleApps.com Acts 26:21 Biblia Paralela Acts 26:21 Chinese Bible Acts 26:21 French Bible Acts 26:21 Catholic Bible NT Apostles: Acts 26:21 For this reason the Jews seized me (Acts of the Apostles Ac) |