Acts 26:6

Acts 26:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
• New International Version (NIV)And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.

Context of Acts 26:6

4Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem. 5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion. And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers, 7the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews. 8Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

Acts 26:6 word by word

καὶ νῦν ἐπ᾽ ἐλπίδι τῆς εἰς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν ἐπαγγελίας γενομένης ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἕστηκα κρινόμενος,Read the interlinear

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• I standἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• on trialκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• because ofἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• hopeἐλπίςelpis · hopeG1680
• in theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• ·ὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for Acts 26:6

• Acts 26:8Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
• Acts 23:6Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
• Acts 24:15and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
• Acts 28:20So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
• Acts 3:24Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
• Acts 13:32And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
• Genesis 3:15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
• Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
• Genesis 22:18And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”
• Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
• Deuteronomy 18:15The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
• 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
• Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
• Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

Commentaries on Acts 26:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For the hope of the promise - This does not appear to mean, the hope of the Messiah, as some have imagined, but the hope of the resurrection of the dead, to which the apostle referred in Acts 23:6; (note), where he says to the Jewish council, (from which the Roman governor took him), of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question: see the notes there. And here he says, I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise, etc., and to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And now I stand - I stand before the tribunal. I am arraigned. And am judged - Am tried with reference to being judged. I am undergoing a trial on the point in which all my nation are agreed. For the hope - On account of the hope; or because, in common with my countrymen, I had entertained this hope, and now believe in its fulfillment. Of the promise … - See the references in the margin. It is not quite certain whether Paul refers here to the promise of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23In his careful defense before King Agrippa, Paul argued that his message agreed fully with the Jewish faith. He began by respectfully recognizing Agrippa’s knowledge of Jewish matters (26:2–3). He then described his early life, his training in Judaism, and his membership in the Pharisees (a Jewish group known for strict obedience to the law; 26:4–5). Paul explained that the charges against him were only because he believed that God had fulfilled the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. I ... am judged for the hope of the promise made ... to our fathers--"for believing that the promise of Messiah, the Hope of the Church (Ac 13:32; 28:20) has been fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth risen from the dead."Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings