21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.


In Context

18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

19 Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

20 but declared both to them of Damascus first and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

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

22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;

23 how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill [me. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:21That is why the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:21For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21On account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:21For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.