Acts 26:21

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

American Standard Version (1901)

For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

Bible in Basic English

For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me.

Free Bible Version

That's why the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.

Geneva Bible 1599

For this cause the Iewes caught me in the Temple, and went about to kill me.

King James (Authorized) Version

For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

Plain English Version

And Paul said, “I told everyone this message, but some of the Jewish people didn’t like it, so they grabbed me, and they tried to kill me. They did that in God’s ceremony house.

Translation for Translators

“It is because I preached this message that some [SYN] Jews seized me when I was in the Temple courtyard and tried to kill me.

Unlocked Literal Bible

For this cause the Jews arrested me in the temple and tried to kill me.

Noah Webster Bible

For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me .

World English Bible

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

Young's Literal Translation

because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill [me].

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.

Sermons

The Puritan Illusion - Part One

Charles Alexander

Summary

In Acts 26:21, Paul recounts his ministry and mission to preach the message of repentance and turning to God. He explains that his message was consistent with the teachings of the prophets and Moses, emphasizing the need for people to repent, seek forgiveness, and live in obedience to God. Paul's testimony reflects his commitment to sharing the Gospel and calling people to a life of faith and righteousness. This verse underscores the importance of repentance and conversion in the Christian faith, highlighting the transformative power of God's grace and forgiveness.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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.

John Gill Bible Commentary

For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple,.... He means the Asiatic Jews, who finding him in the temple, laid hold on him, and dragged him out of it: and, as he says, went about to kill me; for no other reason, but for preaching to the Gentiles, and for preaching the above doctrines to them: what he refers to is in Act 21:27. . Acts 26:22 act 26:22 act 26:22 act 26:22Having therefore obtained help of God,.... Both to preach the Gospel, and escape danger; for he had delivered him many a time both from Jews and Gentiles, according to his promise, Act 26:17 and particularly from the Asiatic Jews, when they were about to kill him, by the means of Lysias the chief captain, who rescued him out of their hands; and also from the lying in wait of the Jews to take away his life, and the various methods they used both with Felix and Festus to get him into their power: but the Lord appeared for him, and saved him from all their pernicious designs against him; and therefore he could say as follows, I continue unto this day: in the land of the living, though in bonds: witnessing both to small and great; to kings and subjects, as now to Agrippa, Festus, the chief captains and principal inhabitants of Caesarea, and to the common people assembled; to high and low, rich and poor, bond and free, male and female, young and old; to persons of every state, age, and sex: saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come. This he mentions in opposition to the charge against him, as that he spoke against the law of Moses, as well as against the temple, and the people of the Jews; whereas his doctrine was perfectly agreeable to the writings of Moses, and the prophets, concerning the Messiah, they speak of in many places, and the Jews expected. There is an entire harmony and agreement between the writings of Moses, and the prophets of the Old Testament, and the apostles of the New, in all the doctrines of the Gospel revelation; in the doctrine of a trinity of persons in the unity of the divine essence, and of the proper deity of each person; in the doctrines respecting the person, offices, and work of Christ; that he is the Son of God, God and man in one person, and the only Mediator between God and man; and that he is prophet, priest, and King; and that the great work he was appointed to, undertook, and came about, and has fulfilled, is the redemption of his people; and in the several doctrines of grace concerning the choice of men to salvation, the covenant made with Christ on account of them, their redemption, justification, and pardon, their repentance and good works, the resurrection of the dead, and a future state: the particular things instanced in, the apostle preached, and Moses and the prophets said should be, and in which they agreed, are as follow.