Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner son of Ner.
Acts 20:26 - New Revised Standard Version Therefore I declare to you this day that I am not responsible for the blood of any of you, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore I testify and protest to you on this [our parting] day that I am clean and innocent and not responsible for the blood of any of you. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. Common English Bible Therefore, today I testify to you that I’m not responsible for anyone’s fate. Catholic Public Domain Version For this reason, I call you as witnesses on this very day: that I am clean from the blood of all. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all men; |
Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner son of Ner.
Even now, in fact, my witness is in heaven, and he that vouches for me is on high.
So I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything that he sent me to tell you.
So the crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.
(He who saw this has testified so that you also may believe. His testimony is true, and he knows that he tells the truth.)
When they opposed and reviled him, in protest he shook the dust from his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
I can testify that they have a zeal for God, but it is not enlightened.
But I call on God as witness against me: it was to spare you that I did not come again to Corinth.
Make room in your hearts for us; we have wronged no one, we have corrupted no one, we have taken advantage of no one.
For, as I can testify, they voluntarily gave according to their means, and even beyond their means,
Do not ordain anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.