It was for this reason may be rendered as “because I had done this” or “because I had preached in this way.”

Seized is the same verb rendered seized in 23.27 and arrested in 1.16 and 12.3, and kill is the same verb which appears in 5.30.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Nida, Eugene A. A Handbook on The Acts of the Apostles. (UBS Handbook Series). New York: UBS, 1972. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .