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I testify (marturomai). Elsewhere in the N.T. only in Paul’s Epistles (Gal 5:3; Eph 4:17; 1Th 2:12). It means “I call to witness” while martureō means “I bear witness.”
This day (en tēi sēmeron hēmerāi). The today day, the last day with you, our parting day.
I am pure from the blood of all men (katharos eimi apo tou haimatos pantōn). Paul was sensitive on this point as in Corinth (Act 18:6). It is much for any preacher to claim and it ought to be true of all. The papyri also give this use of apo with the ablative rather than the mere ablative after katharos.
Act 20:27 Paul here repeats the very words and idioms used in Act 20:20, adding “the whole counsel of God” (pāsan tēn boulēn tou theou). All the counsel of God that concerned Paul’s work and nothing inconsistent with the purpose of God of redemption through Christ Jesus (Page).