Acts 26:21
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“And because of these things, the Jews seized me in The Temple and wanted to kill me.”

Contemporary English Version
That is why some men grabbed me in the temple and tried to kill me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about 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.

Literal Standard Version
because of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavoring to kill [me].

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

New American Bible
That is why the Jews seized me [when I was] in the temple 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 Revised Standard Version
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried 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.

Young's Literal Translation
because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring 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 21:27
When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

Acts 21:30
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.

Acts 21:31
While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.


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…

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Acts 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.














(21) For these causes . . .--Better, perhaps, on account of these things. With this brief touch, avoiding any elaborate vindication of his own character, St. Paul indicates the real cause of the hostility of the Jews. The one unpardonable sin, in their eyes, was that he taught the Gentiles that they might claim every gift and grace which had once been looked on as the privilege and prerogative of Israel. The historical precedence of the Jew remained (see Notes on Acts 13:46; Romans 3:1-2), but in all essential points they were placed on a footing of equality.

Verse 21. - This cause for these causes, A.V.; seized for caught, A.V.; essayed for went about, A.V. For this cause. Here again is a most telling statement. "I have spent my life in trying to persuade men to repent and turn to God, and for doing so the Jews seek to kill me. Can this be right? Will not you, O King Agrippa, protect me from such an unjust requital?" To kill me; διαχειρίσασθαι, here and in Acts 5:30 only in the New Testament; not in the LXX., but in Polybius, and in Hippocrates and Galen, of surgical operations.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For this reason
ἕνεκα (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.


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