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


In Context

18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

19 "So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.

20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.

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

22 But I have had God's help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen--

23 that the Christ would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to his own 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 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 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.