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

6And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors, 7a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty! Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead? 9Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. 10And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death.

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 4:2angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
• Acts 10:40but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen,
• Acts 13:30But God raised him from the dead,
• Acts 17:31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
• Acts 25:19Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive.
• Genesis 18:14Is anything impossible for the Lord? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son.”
• Matthew 22:29Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.
• Luke 1:37For nothing will be impossible with God.”
• Luke 18:27He replied, “What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God.”
• John 5:28“Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
• 1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
• Philippians 3:21who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able 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