Acts 20:26
Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.
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- Acts 18:6 : 6 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!”
- Rom 10:2 : 2 For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
- 2 Cor 1:23 : 23 Why Paul Postponed His Visit Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
- 2 Cor 7:2 : 2 Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one.
- 2 Cor 8:3 : 3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily,
- 1 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe. 11 As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children, 12 exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory.
- 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
- 2 Sam 3:28 : 28 When David later heard about this, he said,“I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner!
- Job 16:19 : 19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
- Ezek 3:18-21 : 18 When I say to the wicked,“You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him– you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked lifestyle so that he may live– that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. 20 “When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 21 However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life.”
- Ezek 33:2-9 : 2 “Son of man, speak to your people, and say to them,‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman. 3 He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, and warns the people, 4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. 6 But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person’s death.’ 7 “As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf. 8 When I say to the wicked,‘O wicked man, you must certainly die,’ and you do not warn the wicked about his behavior, the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 9 But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life.
- John 12:17 : 17 So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it.
- John 19:35 : 35 And the person who saw it has testified(and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe.
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- Acts 20:27-282 verses77%
27 For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.
28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
- Acts 20:18-258 verses75%
18 When they arrived, he said to them,“You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia,
19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.
20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house,
21 testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.
22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there,
23 except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
24 But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.
25 “And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.
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23 Why Paul Postponed His Visit Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth.
- Acts 24:20-212 verses70%
20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
21 other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
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16 This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
- Acts 20:31-333 verses69%
31 Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
32 And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
33 I have desired no one’s silver or gold or clothing.
- Acts 22:19-213 verses69%
19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
20 And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’
21 Then he said to me,‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”
- Acts 26:21-222 verses69%
21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
22 I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:
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15 because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.
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1 Paul looked directly at the council and said,“Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day.”
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6 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!”
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15 But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the LORD has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!”
- Matt 27:24-252 verses67%
24 Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”
25 In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
- Acts 26:16-172 verses67%
16 But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you.
17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you
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2 “Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,
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13 I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate,
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20 I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you!
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1 Israel’s Rejection Considered I am telling the truth in Christ(I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit–
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20 and said,“This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”
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6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,
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29 Paul replied,“I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains.”
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26 For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.
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4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”
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26 Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.
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38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
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22 Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
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11 For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher.
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1 Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
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10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.
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6 And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,
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18 which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance.
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10 You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe.
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10 Paul replied,“I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
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26 But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write.