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Acts 18:6

“But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and said to them, “Your blood be on your head! I am clean. From now on I will go to the nations.””

Acts 18:6 · direct translation from the Greek
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Allusion · Ezekiel 33:4

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Both texts say that a person’s blood will fall on his own head.

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

  • αἷμαhaimaG129דָּמdamH1818“blood”
  • κεφαλὴνkephalēnG2776רֹאשׁroshH7218“head”

Acts 18:6, word by word

when they opposed himἀντιτασσομένωνantitassomenōn

oppose

Oppose, resist, set oneself against someone or something.

Where else “antitassomenōn” appears
blasphemedβλασφημούντωνblasphēmountōn

blaspheme

To speak with contempt against God or what is holy.

Where else “blasphēmountōn” appears
he shook outἐκτιναξάμενοςektinaxamenos

shake off

Shake off.

Where else “ektinaxamenos” appears
his clothesἱμάτιαhimatia

clothes

Everything one has on.

Where else “himatia” appears
and saidεἶπενeipen

say

To express something in words to others.

Where else “eipen” appears
bloodαἷμαhaima

blood

The red fluid that runs through the bodies of people and animals.

Where else “haima” appears
headκεφαλὴνkephalēn

head

The top part of the body, where the face and hair are.

Where else “kephalēn” appears
am cleanκαθαρὸςkatharos

pure

Undivided in heart, without guilt.

Where else “katharos” appears
I will goπορεύσομαιporeusomai

go

To go somewhere, set out.

Where else “poreusomai” appears
the nationsἔθνηethnē

Gentile

The peoples who are not Israel.

Where else “ethnē” appears

Translation note

It can be understood that they are responsible for their own ruin; compare Ezekiel 33:4.

The context

5And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was wholly occupied with the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

6 · This verse (above)

7And moving on from there, he went into the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

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To study Acts 18 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    With whom does Paul stay in Corinth, and what work did they do? (vv. 1-3)

  2. 2. What it means

    Priscilla and Aquila take Apollos aside to explain the Way to him more accurately. How do they go about it? (vv. 24-26)

  3. 3. How I live it

    Who has kindly helped you see something more clearly? How do you receive correction from another person?

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