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?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?

Context of Acts 26:8

6“I’m on trial now because I expect God to keep the promise that he made to our ancestors. 7Our twelve tribes expect this promise to be kept as they worship with intense devotion day and night. Your Majesty, the Jews are making accusations against me because I expect God to keep his promise. Why do all of you refuse to believe that God can bring dead people back to life? 9“I used to think that I had to do a lot of things to oppose the one named Jesus of Nazareth. 10That is what I did in Jerusalem. By the authority I received from the chief priests, I locked many Christians in prison. I voted to have them killed every time a vote was taken.

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 4:2These religious authorities were greatly annoyed. Peter and John were teaching the people and spreading the message that the dead will come back to life through Jesus.
• Acts 10:40but God brought him back to life on the third day. God didn’t show him
• Acts 13:30But God brought him back to life,
• Acts 17:31He has set a day when he is going to judge the world with justice, and he will use a man he has appointed to do this. God has given proof to everyone that he will do this by bringing that man back to life.”
• Acts 25:19They were disputing with him about their own religion and about some man named Jesus who had died. But Paul claimed that Jesus is alive.
• Genesis 18:14Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will come back to you next year at this time, and Sarah will have a son.”
• Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You’re mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or God’s power.
• Luke 1:37But nothing is impossible for God.”
• Luke 18:27Jesus said, “The things that are impossible for people to do are possible for God to do.”
• John 5:28Don’t be surprised at what I’ve just said. A time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice,
• 1 Corinthians 15:12If we have told you that Christ has been brought back to life, how can some of you say that coming back from the dead is impossible?
• Philippians 3:21Through his power to bring everything under his authority, he will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified body.

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