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Acts 26:7
7This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.
Acts 26:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
- English Standard Version (ESV)to 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!
- New King James Version (NKJV)To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.
- New Living Translation (NLT)In fact, that is why the twelve tribes of Israel zealously worship God night and day, and they share the same hope I have. Yet, Your Majesty, they accuse me for having this hope!
Context of Acts 26:7
5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect of our religion, living as a Pharisee. 6And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today. This is the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me. 8Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead? 9“I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Read all of Acts 26Acts 26:7 word by word
εἰς ἣν τὸ δωδεκάφυλον ἡμῶν ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν λατρεῦον ἐλπίζει καταντῆσαι, περὶ ἧς ἐλπίδος ἐγκαλοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων, βασιλεῦ,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Untoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- twelve tribesδωδεκάφυλοςdōdekaphulon · twelve tribesG1429
- ·ἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- instantlyἐκτένειαekteneia · earnestnessG1616
- servingλατρεύωlatreuō · to ministerG3000
- dayἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- nightνύξnux · nightG3571
- hopeἐλπίζωelpizō · to hope/expectG1679
- to comeκαταντάωkatantaō · to come toG2658
- Forπερίperi · aboutG4012
- hope’s sakeἐλπίςelpis · hopeG1680
- kingβασιλεύςbasileus · kingG935
- AgrippaἈγρίππαςAgrippas · AgrippaG67
- I am accusedἐγκαλέωegkaleō · to accuseG1458
- ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
Cross-references for Acts 26:7
- Ezra 6:17For the dedication of this house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel.
- Ezra 8:35Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs and, as a sin offering, twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
- Matthew 19:28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Luke 22:30so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- James 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings.
- Revelation 7:4Then I heard the number of those who were sealed: 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel.
- Acts 20:31So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
- Psalms 134:1Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord.
- Psalms 135:2you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
- Luke 2:36There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith.
- 1 Timothy 5:5The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help.
- Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
- Luke 7:19he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
- Philippians 3:11and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
- Acts 26:6And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today.
Commentaries on Acts 26:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Unto which promise - To the fulfillment of which promise they hope to come; that is, they hope and believe that the promise will be fulfilled, and that they will partake of its benefits. Our twelve tribes - This was the name by which the Jews were designated. The ancient Jewish nation had hoped to come to that promise; it had been the hope and expectation of the nation. Long before the coming of the Messiah, ten of the twelve tribes had been carried…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
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