6When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, |Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!|


In Context

3 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

5 But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

6 When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, |Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!|

7 He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

Acts 18:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:6And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:6But when the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clear of my responsibility. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:6But they gainsaying and blaspheming, he shook his garments, and said to them: Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:6And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6But as they opposed and spoke injuriously, he shook his clothes, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own head: I am pure; from henceforth I will go to the nations.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:6And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said to them, Your blood be upon your own heads: I am clean: from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:6and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken his garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood is upon your head — I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:6And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said to them, Your blood be on your own heads; I am clean; from now on I will go to the Gentiles.