Acts 18:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Acts 18:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Acts 18:6 is a verse from the book of Acts in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Acts 18:6 — KJV
“And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.”
— Acts 18:6 (KJV)
Acts 18:6 in Context — About the Book of Acts
Acts is volume two of Luke's history: the Spirit falls at Pentecost and a praying church turns the world upside down in one generation. Prison doors open, the gospel jumps every cultural wall, and every advance begins in a prayer meeting. It is the blueprint for Spirit-filled boldness.
Cross-References for Acts 18:6
“The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.”
Shares key themes with Acts 18:6: themselves, own, heads
“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:”
Shares key themes with Acts 18:6: themselves, own, clean
“And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.”
Shares key themes with Acts 18:6: raiment, own, heads
“As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.”
Shares key themes with Acts 18:6: themselves, blood, gentiles
“And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.”
Shares key themes with Acts 18:6: themselves, own
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