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Acts 20:26The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
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26 διότι μαρτύρομαι ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ σήμερον ἡμέρᾳ ὅτι καθαρός εἰμι ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος πάντων,
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Acts 20:26American Standard Version
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26 Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
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Acts 20:26The Emphasized Bible
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26 Wherefore I take you to witness on this very day, that pure am I from the blood of all;
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Acts 20:26King James Version
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26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
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Acts Study Notes—Chapter 20New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
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I am clean from the blood of all men: Paul was free of bloodguilt before God because he had not failed to preach the good news of the Kingdom. He had not withheld the lifesaving information that this message contains. (Ac 18:6; compare Eze 33:6-8) Paul conveyed “all the counsel of God” to the disciples in Ephesus because he did not want anyone to lose his life in God’s day of judgment. (Ac 20:27) Other ways in which a Christian can become bloodguilty before God are by committing murder or bloodshed, which can include actively or tacitly supporting the activities of a bloodguilty organization, such as “Babylon the Great” (Re 17:6; 18:2, 4), or other organizations that have shed innocent blood (Re 16:5, 6; compare Isa 26:20, 21). Also, eating or drinking blood in any way would incur bloodguilt.—Ac 15:20.
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