Paul’s Testimony to Agrippa
Acts 26:21
In 9 translations
- BSB
- For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.Literally the temple
- KJV
- For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
- WEB
- For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
- ASV
- For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
- LSV
- because of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavoring to kill [me].
- YLT
- because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill [me].
- DBY
- On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.
- DRC
- For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me.
- GNV
- For this cause the Iewes caught me in the Temple, and went about to kill me.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- Word order: Byzantine text place με elsewhere in this verse.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include οἱ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27 include ὄντα (“being”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)
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- SBLGNT: με Ἰουδαῖοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read με Ἰουδαῖοι; Robinson–Pierpont read οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι με.
- SBLGNT: συλλαβόμενοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont read συλλαβόμενοι; Nestle–Aland 28th edition add ὄντα.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- ἕνεκα τούτων με Ἰουδαῖοι συλλαβόμενοι ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐπειρῶντο διαχειρίσασθαι.
- RP2018
- Ἕνεκα τούτων οἱ Ἰουδαῖοί με συλλαβόμενοι ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐπειρῶντο διαχειρίσασθαι.
- TR-Boyd
- Ἕνεκα τούτων με οἱ Ἰουδαῖοί συλλαβόμενοι ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐπειρῶντο διαχειρίσασθαι.
- SCR1894
- ενεκα τουτων με οι ιουδαιοι συλλαβομενοι εν τω ιερω επειρωντο διαχειρισασθαι
Who and where
◆ Paul goes before Agrippa
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Agrippa II.DefenseAssaySelf-DefenseAnanias (1)CallFestus; PorciusConvertsLuke, the Gospel ofReadings, Select
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Cross-references most cited first
- Acts 21:30–31The 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…
- Acts 21:27When 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 22:22The 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!”
- Acts 25:3to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
- Acts 23:12–15When 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…
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