Acts 18:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, 'Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀντιτασσομένων δὲ αὐτῶν, καὶ βλασφημούντων, ἐκτιναξάμενος τὰ ἱμάτια, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς, Τὸ αἷμα ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ὑμῶν· καθαρὸς ἐγώ: ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν εἰς τὰ Ἔθνη πορεύσομαι.

Transliteration

Antitassomenōn de autōn, and blasphēmountōn, ektinaxamenos ta himatia, eipen pros autous, The haima hymōn epi tēn kephalēn hymōn; katharos egō: apo tou nyn eis ta Ethnē poreusomai.

Grammar Details

• *Antitassomenōn*: present middle/passive participle, genitive plural - opposing
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *autōn*: genitive plural pronoun - they/them
• *blasphēmountōn*: present active participle, genitive plural - blaspheming
• *ektinaxamenos*: aorist middle participle, nominative masculine singular - having shaken off
• *ta himatia*: article + accusative neuter plural - the garments/clothes
• *eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he said
• *pros*: preposition with accusative - to/toward
• *autous*: accusative plural pronoun - them
• *haima*: nominative neuter singular - blood
• *hymōn*: genitive plural pronoun - your
• *epi*: preposition with accusative - upon
• *tēn kephalēn*: article + accusative feminine singular - the head
• *katharos*: nominative masculine singular adjective - clean/pure
• *egō*: nominative singular pronoun - I
• *apo*: preposition with genitive - from
• *tou nyn*: article + adverb - the now/present time
• *eis*: preposition with accusative - to/unto
• *ta Ethnē*: article + accusative neuter plural - the Gentiles/nations
• *poreusomai*: future middle indicative, 1st person singular - I will go

Word Meanings

• *Antitassomenōn*: opposing/resisting/setting themselves against
• *blasphēmountōn*: blaspheming/speaking evil/slandering
• *ektinaxamenos*: having shaken off/shaking out
• *ta himatia*: garments/clothes/cloaks
• *haima hymōn epi tēn kephalēn hymōn*: your blood upon your head (idiomatic: responsibility for your fate is on yourselves)
• *katharos*: clean/pure/innocent
• *ta Ethnē*: the Gentiles/the nations/the peoples

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But when they opposed him and spoke abusively, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, 'Your blood is on your own heads. I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} when they opposed{G498} themselves{G846} and{G2532} blasphemed,{G987} he shook{G1621} out his raiment{G2440} and said{G2036} unto{G4314} them,{G846} Your{G5216} blood{G129} [be] upon{G1909} your own{G5216} heads;{G2776} I{G1473} am clean:{G2513} from{G575} henceforth{G3568} I will go{G4198} unto{G1519} the Gentiles.{G1484}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G1161} when they opposed{G498}{(G5734)} themselves{G846}, and{G2532} blasphemed{G987}{(G5723)}, he shook{G1621}{(G5671)} his raiment{G2440}, and said{G2036}{(G5627)} unto{G4314} them{G846}, Your{G5216} blood{G129} be upon{G1909} your{G5216} own heads{G2776}; I{G1473} am clean{G2513}: from{G575} henceforth{G3568} I will go{G4198}{(G5695)} unto{G1519} the Gentiles{G1484}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And whe they sayde cotrary and blasphemed he shoke his rayment and sayde vnto the: youre bloud apon youre awne heeddes and fro hence forth I goo blamelesse vnto ye gentyls.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But wha they sayde cotrary and blasphemed, he shoke his rayment, and sayde vnto them: Youre bloude be vpon youre awne heade. From hence forth I go blamelesse vnto the Gentyles.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when they resisted and blasphemed, he shooke his raiment, & saide vnto them, Your blood be vpon your owne head: I am cleane: from henceforth will I goe vnto the Gentiles.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when they sayde contrary, and blasphemed, he shoke his rayment, & said vnto them: Your blood be vpon your owne heades. From hencefoorth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentiles.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken `his' garments, he said unto them, `Your blood `is' upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood `be' upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And when they opposed themselves and blasphemed, he shook out his raiment and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. [

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

• World English Bible (2000)

  When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them,“Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 33:4 : 4 Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and does not take warning; if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.
• 2 Sam 1:16 : 16 And David said to him, Your blood be upon your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.
• Ezek 18:13 : 13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
• Neh 5:13 : 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. Even so may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
• Acts 13:51 : 51 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and came to Iconium.
• Ezek 33:8-9 : 8 When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
• Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
• Lev 20:9 : 9 For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
• Lev 20:11-12 : 11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 12 And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
• Rom 11:11-15 : 11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy. 12 Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness? 13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to emulation those who are my flesh and save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
• 1 Thess 2:14-16 : 14 For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.
• 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Do not lay hands hastily on anyone, nor share in other people's sins; keep yourself pure.
• 2 Tim 2:25 : 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
• Jas 2:6-7 : 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that worthy name by which you are called?
• 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 Wherein they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified.
• Matt 8:11 : 11 And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matt 10:14 : 14 And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet.
• Matt 21:43 : 43 Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.
• Matt 22:10 : 10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.
• Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us and on our children.
• Luke 9:5 : 5 And whoever will not receive you, when you leave that city, shake off the very dust from your feet as a testimony against them.
• Luke 10:10-11 : 10 But into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into the streets and say, 11 Even the very dust of your city which clings to us, we wipe off against you: nevertheless be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you.
• Luke 22:65 : 65 And they spoke many other blasphemous things against him.
• Acts 13:45-47 : 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.
• Acts 19:9-9 : 9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10 And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
• Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
• Acts 26:11 : 11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But showed first to those 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 fitting for repentance.
• Acts 28:28 : 28 Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it.
• Rom 3:29 : 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also,
• Rom 9:25-26 : 25 As He says also in Hosea, I will call them My people, who were not My people; and her beloved, who was not beloved. 26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not My people, there they shall be called the children of the living God.
• Rom 9:30-33 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith. 31 But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. 32 Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; 33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of offense; and whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame.
• Rom 10:12-13 : 12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."