Catholic Public Domain Version
"It was for this reason that the Jews, having apprehended me when I was in the temple, attempted to kill me. "
— Acts 26:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. ”
“For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me. ”
“For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple, and tried to kill me.”
“For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.”
“For this cause, the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me.”
“For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.”
“For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. ”
in order to open their eyes, so that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the remission of sins and a place among the saints, through the faith that is in me.’
From then on, O king Agrippa, I was not unbelieving to the heavenly vision.
But I preached, first to those who are at Damascus and at Jerusalem, and then to the entire region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, so that they would repent and convert to God, doing the works that are worthy of repentance.
It was for this reason that the Jews, having apprehended me when I was in the temple, attempted to kill me.
But having been aided by the help of God, even to this day, I stand witnessing to the small and the great, saying nothing beyond what the Prophets and Moses have said would be in the future:
that the Christ would suffer, and that he would be the first from the resurrection of the dead, and that he would bring light to the people and to the nations.”
While he was speaking these things and presenting his defense, Festus said with a loud voice: “Paul, you are insane! Too much studying has turned you to insanity.”