King James Version
Acts 20:26 in the King James Version says “Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.” — study this verse from Acts chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.”
Acts 20:26 · KJV
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I take”
G3143to be adduced as a witness, i.e., (figuratively) to obtest (in affirmation or exhortation)
on the (i.e., this) day (or night current or just passed); generally, now (i.e., at present, hitherto)
“day”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“from”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
“the blood”
G129blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of christ); by implication, bloodshed, also k
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