Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men - a deeply solemn way of expressing conscious freedom from guilt, in respect both of the subjects brought before them and the faithfulness with which these were pressed upon them. (See Acts 18:6; and compare 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 12:5; Ezekiel 3:17-21; Ezekiel 33:8-9.