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


In Context

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

19 Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

20 but have, first to those both in Damascus and Jerusalem, and to all the region of Judaea, and to the nations, announced that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

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

22 Having therefore met with the help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,

23 namely, whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of the dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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