Acts 26:21
Strong's Lexicon
For this reason
ἕνεκα (heneka)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1752: Or heneken hen'-ek-en or heineken hi'-nek-en; of uncertain affinity; on account of.

τούτων (toutōn)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3778: This; he, she, it.

the Jews
Ἰουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

seized
συλλαβόμενοι (syllabomenoi)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4815: From sun and lambano; to clasp, i.e. Seize; specially, to conceive; by implication, to aid.

me
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῷ ()
Article - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

temple courts
ἱερῷ (hierō)
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2411: Neuter of hieros; a sacred place, i.e. The entire precincts of the Temple.

[and] tried
ἐπειρῶντο (epeirōnto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3987: Mid: I try, attempt, endeavor. From peira; to test, i.e. to attempt.

to kill [me].
διαχειρίσασθαι (diacheirisasthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's Greek 1315: From dia and a derivative of cheir; to handle thoroughly, i.e. Lay violent hands upon.

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

Young's Literal Translation
because of these things the Jews—having caught me in the temple—were endeavouring to kill [me].

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me.

New American Standard Bible
"For this reason [some] Jews seized me in the temple and tried to put me to death.

King James Bible
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill [me].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
That is why some Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

New Living Translation
Some Jews arrested me in the Temple for preaching this, and they tried to kill me.

English Standard Version
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

New American Standard Bible
"For this reason some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to put me to death.

King James Bible
For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me.

International Standard Version
For this reason the Jewish leaders grabbed me in the Temple and kept trying to kill me.

NET Bible
For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.

American Standard Version
For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

English Revised Version
For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

Young's Literal Translation
because of these things the Jews -- having caught me in the temple -- were endeavouring to kill me.
















Cross References
Acts 21:27
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,

Acts 21:30
And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.

Acts 21:31
And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

Acts 1:1
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

Acts 26:20
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

Acts 26:19
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Acts 26:22
Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

Acts 26:23
That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Acts 26:24
And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
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