Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Acts 26:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
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Quick Meaning
Identifies this mission as the reason some Judeans seized and sought to kill Paul.
Read It With
- Acts 26:19–26:23
Acts 26:21 identifies this mission as the reason some Judeans seized and sought to kill Paul; within Acts 26:19–26:23, the controlling movement is that Paul says he was not disobedient to the vision, preached repentance with fitting deeds, survived attempts on his life through divine help, and claims Moses and the prophets anticipated Messiah's suffering and light.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Identifies this mission as the reason some Judeans seized and sought to kill Paul. This precise contribution belongs inside “Paul presents his mission as obedient prophetic witness” because Paul says he was not disobedient to the vision, preached repentance with fitting deeds, survived attempts on his life through divine help, and claims Moses and the prophets anticipated Messiah's suffering and light.
What Remains True
Because Acts 26:21 identifies this mission as the reason some Judeans seized and sought to kill Paul, faithful witness must preserve the verse's speaker, narrated setting, people affected, and the full movement of Acts 26:19–26:23 before drawing an enduring claim.
How It Can Shape Life
- For Acts 26:21, first identify this verse role—identifies this mission as the reason some Judeans seized and sought to kill Paul; then explain the contextual meaning in Acts 26:19–26:23; preserve the proportionate truth about accountable witness; finally apply this boundary: The defense does not authorize antisemitism, supersessionism, works-based coercion, or declaring every survival a miracle that validates a message.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Acts 26:19–26:23 — Paul presents his mission as obedient prophetic witnessSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 26:19–26:23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 26:19-26:23
Open the Acts Greek text file ↗Lexical and grammatical evidence
STEP Bible Data
Tyndale House Cambridge
Tyndale House Cambridge, repository snapshot verified 2026
Supports: Morphology and lexical cross-check for words explicitly discussed in this unit.
Exact location: STEP Bible Data, TAGNT rows for Acts 26:19-26:23
Open source ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Acts
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, translation, language, geography, chronology, and historical notes actually printed for the unit.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Acts PDF, printed pp. 2104-2205, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to 26:19–26:23
Open source ↗