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Acts 20:26

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Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
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  1. Acts 18:6Rank 1 from verse 26
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    6And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

  2. Ezekiel 3:18–21Rank 2 from verse 26
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    18When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

    19Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

    20Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

    21Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

  3. Ezekiel 33:2–9Rank 3 from verse 26
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    2Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

    3If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

    4Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

    5He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

    6But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.

    7¶ So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

    8When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

    9Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

  4. John 12:17Rank 4 from verse 26
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    17The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.

  5. 1 Thessalonians 2:10–12Rank 5 from verse 26
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    10Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

    11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

    12That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.

  6. 2 Corinthians 1:23Rank 6 from verse 26
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    23Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.

  7. 2 Corinthians 7:2Rank 7 from verse 26
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    2Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.

  8. 2 Corinthians 8:3Rank 8 from verse 26
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    3For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;

  9. 2 Samuel 3:28Rank 9 from verse 26
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    28¶ And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

  10. Job 16:19Rank 10 from verse 26
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    19Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

  11. John 19:35Rank 11 from verse 26
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    35And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.

  12. Romans 10:2Rank 12 from verse 26
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    2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

  13. 1 Timothy 5:22Rank 13 from verse 26
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    22Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.

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Acts 20:26

COMBINED MEANING

wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

record

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Sense 1: A written or remembered account; testimony. Sense 2: To set down or bear witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

pure

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Clean, undefiled, unmixed, uncorrupted, genuine, clear, or sincere; free from contaminating matter or evil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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20:25And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.

20:26Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

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20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

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