ACTS 20:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.”
'Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all of you' — The solemn declaration (diamarturomai, bearing solemn witness) of blood-innocence echoes 18:6. Paul's conscience is clear: he has withheld no saving doctrine; their potential condemnation rests on their reception, not his procrastination.
Church Fathers on Acts 20:26
And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: save that the Holy Ghost witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 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. Acts 20:22-24. Wherefore says he this? By way of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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