Acts 26:8

Acts 26:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
• New International Version (NIV)Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Why does it seem incredible to any of you that God can raise the dead?

Context of Acts 26:8

6And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers, 7to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king! Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead? 9"I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10And I did so in Jerusalem. I not only locked up many of the saints in prison after receiving authority from the chief priests, but when they were put to death I cast my vote against them.

Acts 26:8 word by word

τί ἄπιστον κρίνεται παρ᾽ ὑμῖν εἰ ὁ θεὸς νεκροὺς ἐγείρει;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• should it be thoughtκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• a thing incredibleἄπιστοςapistos · unbelievingG571
• withπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• youσύsu · youG4771
• thatεἰei · if: surelyG1487
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• should raiseἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498

Cross-references for Acts 26:8

• Acts 4:2greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
• Acts 10:40but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear,
• Acts 13:30But God raised him from the dead,
• Acts 17:31because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
• Acts 25:19Rather they had certain points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.
• Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son."
• Matthew 22:29But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
• Luke 1:37For nothing will be impossible with God."
• Luke 18:27But he said, "What is impossible with man is possible with God."
• John 5:28Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
• 1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
• Philippians 3:21who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

Commentaries on Acts 26:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8That God should raise the dead? - As Agrippa believed in the true God, and knew that one of his attributes was omnipotence, he could not believe that the resurrection of the dead was an impossible thing; and to this belief of his the apostle appeals; and the more especially, because the Sadducees denied the doctrine of the resurrection, though they professed to believe in the same God. Two attributes of God stood pledged to produce this resurrection: his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Why should it be thought … - The force of this question will be better seen by an exclamation point after why ́ ti“What! is it to be thought a thing incredible?” etc. It intimates surprise that it should be thought incredible, or implies that no reason could be given why such a doctrine should be unworthy of belief. A thing incredible - A doctrine which cannot be credited or believed. Why should it be regarded as absurd? With you - This is in the plural…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. 88. Why should it be thought a thing incredible ... that God should raise the dead?--rather, "Why is it judged a thing incredible if God raises the dead?" the case being viewed as an accomplished fact. No one dared to call in question the overwhelming evidence of the resurrection of Jesus, which proclaimed Him to be the Christ, the Son of God; the only way of getting rid of it, therefore, was to pronounce it incredible. But why, asks the apostle, is it so…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