Acts 26 · Verse 21

Acts 26:21

For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
Acts 26:21, King James Version

Acts 26:21 in other translations

BSBFor this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.
WEBFor this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
ASVFor this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.
YLTbecause of these things the Jews--having caught me in the temple--were endeavouring to kill me.
DARBYOn account of these things the Jews, having seized me in the temple, attempted to lay hands on and destroy me.
BBEFor this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.
WebsterFor these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

What does Acts 26:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 26:19-21

19-21. Whereupon, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision--This musical and elevated strain, which carries the reader along with it, and doubtless did the hearers, bespeaks the lofty region of thought and feeling to which the apostle had risen while rehearsing his Master's communications to him from heaven.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 21. Caught me in the temple. Acts 21:30.

And went about, etc. Endeavoured to put me to death.

(l) "Jews" Acts 21:30 (++) "caught" "seized" (&) "about to kill" "attempted"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 For these causes the Jews - went about to kill me - These causes may be reduced to four heads: - 1. He had maintained the resurrection of the dead. 2. The resurrection of Christ, whom they had crucified and slain. 3. That this Jesus was the promised Messiah. 4. He had offered salvation to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews. He does not mention the accusation of having defiled the temple, nor of disloyalty to the Roman government; probably, because his adversaries had abandoned these charges at his preceding trial before Festus: see Act 25:8; and see Calmet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 26:12-23

Paul was made a Christian by Divine power; by a revelation of Christ both to him and in him; when in the full career of his sin. He was made a minister by Divine authority: the same Jesus who appeared to him in that glorious light, ordered him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. A world that sits in darkness must be enlightened; those must be brought to know the things that belong to their everlasting peace, who…

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Acts 26:21 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἕνεκαhenekaOn account ofG1752
τούτωνtoutōnthese thingsG3778
μεmemeG3165
ἸουδαῖοιIoudaioiJewsG2453
συλλαβόμενοιsullabomenoihaving seizedG4815
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
ἱερῷhi'erōtempleG2411
ἐπειρῶντοepeirōntothey were attemptingG3987
διαχειρίσασθαι.diacheirisasthaito kill.G1315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 26:21

  • Acts 21:30-31

    And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

  • Acts 21:27

    And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

  • Acts 25:3

    And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.

  • Acts 22:22

    And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.

  • Acts 23:12-15

    And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Jews.
21:30,31; 22:22; 23:12-15; 25:3

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Context

  • Acts 26:20

    But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

  • Acts 26:21

    For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

  • Acts 26:22

    Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

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Acts 26:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por causa de esto los Judíos, tomándome en el templo, tentaron matarme.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		À cause de cela les Juifs, m’ayant pris dans le temple, cherchaient à me tuer.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dieserhalb haben mich die Juden in dem Tempel ergriffen und versucht, mich zu ermorden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hac ex causa me Judæi, cum essem in templo, comprehensum tentabant interficere.