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

4“All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem. 5They have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee. And now I stand on trial because of the hope in what God promised to our ancestors, 7the promise our twelve tribes hope to reach as they earnestly serve him night and day. King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews because of this hope. 8Why do 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• I standἵστημιhistēmi · to standG2476
• and am judgedκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• forἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the hopeἐλπίςelpis · hopeG1680
• of the promiseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• of the promiseἐπαγγελίαepaggelia · promiseG1860
• madeγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• our fathersπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for Acts 26:6

• Acts 26:8Why do any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
• Acts 23:6When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
• Acts 24:15I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.
• Acts 28:20For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”
• Acts 3:24“In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also foretold these days.
• Acts 13:32And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.
• Genesis 3:15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.
• Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt, and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
• Genesis 22:18And all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring because you have obeyed my command.”
• Genesis 26:4I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky, I will give your offspring all these lands, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring,
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah or the staff from between his feet until he whose right it is comes and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.
• Deuteronomy 18:15“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.
• 2 Samuel 7:12When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
• Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the end he will stand on the dust.
• Psalms 2:6“I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
• Psalms 40:6You do not delight in sacrifice and offering; you open my ears to listen. You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

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