Verse 21
Acts 26:21
World English Bible, British Edition
21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill
me.
Original Language Text
greek
ἕνεκα τούτων ⸂με Ἰουδαῖοι⸃ ⸀συλλαβόμενοι ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ἐπειρῶντο διαχειρίσασθαι.
English Translation
Because of these things, the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to take me into their custody.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 26 Context
1
Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.”
Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his d...
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2
“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before
you today concerning all th...
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3
especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which
are amongst the Jews. Therefore...
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4
“Indeed, all the Jews know my way of life from my youth up, which
was from the beginning amongst my...
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5
having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that
after the strictest sect of our...
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6
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God (Elohim)
to our fathers,
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7
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain.
Concerning this hope I am...
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8
Why is it judged incredible with you if God (Elohim) does raise the dead?
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9
“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things
contrary to the name of Yashua (Jesu...
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10
I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in
prisons, having received authorit...
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11
Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme.
Being exceedingly enrage...
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12
“Whereupon as I travelled to Damascus with the authority and
commission from the chief priests,
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13
at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than
the sun, shining around me and...
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14
When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in
the Hebrew language,
‘Saul, Sau...
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15
“I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“He said,
‘I am Yashua (Jesus), whom you are persecuting.
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16
But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a ser...
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17
delivering you from the people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
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18
to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God (El...
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19
“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly
vision,
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20
but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout
all the country of Judea, and a...
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21
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill
me.
22
Having therefore obtained the help that is from God (Elohim), I stand to this
day testifying both to...
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23
how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead,
he would be first to proclaim...
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24
As he thus made his defence, Festus said with a loud voice,
“Paul, you are crazy! Your great learnin...
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25
But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly
declare words of truth and reasonabl...
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26
For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For
I am persuaded that none of the...
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27
King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
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28
Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying
to make me a Christian?”
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29
Paul said, “I pray to God (Elohim), that whether with little or with
much, not only you, but also al...
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30
The king rose up with the governor and Bernice, and those who
sat with them.
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31
When they had withdrawn, they spoke to one another, saying, “This man
does nothing worthy of death o...
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32
Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set free if he had
not appealed to Caesar.”
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