Acts 26:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²¹ For this reason the Jews grabbed me in the Temple and attempted to kill me.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Because of these things the Jews seized me in the temple [enclosure] and tried to do away with me.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

Common English Bible

²¹ Because of this, some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to murder me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ It was for this reason that the Jews, having apprehended me when I was in the temple, attempted to kill me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me.

Acts 26:21 Cross References

Acts 21:27

When the seven days [required by the vow] were almost completed, the Jews from Asia saw Paul in the Temple. They incited the whole crowd and took hold of him,

Acts 22:22

The people had listened to Paul speaking up to this point [i.e., until he said the word “Gentiles”], then they raised their voices and shouted, “Do away with such a person from the earth; it is not right for him to live.”

Acts 25:3

to do them a favor by having Paul brought [from Caesarea] to Jerusalem, for they were plotting to kill him on the way.