NET Bible
"For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me."
— Acts 26:21, NET Bible
“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 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. ”
to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance.
For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
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:
that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”
As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly,“You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!”