New King James Version
Acts 26:7
7To 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.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- 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 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 knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. 6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers. 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. 8Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead? 9“Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to 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 6:17And they offered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
- Ezra 8:35The children of those who had been carried away captive, who had come from the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord.
- Matthew 19:28So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Luke 22:30that 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 bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.
- Revelation 7:4And I heard the number of those who were sealed. One hundred and forty-four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel were sealed:
- Acts 20:31Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.
- Psalms 134:1Behold, bless the Lord, All you servants of the Lord, Who by night stand in the house of the Lord!
- Psalms 135:2You who stand in the house of the Lord, In the courts of the house of our God,
- Luke 2:36Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10night and day praying exceedingly that we may see your face and perfect what is lacking in your faith?
- 1 Timothy 5:5Now she who is really a widow, and left alone, trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day.
- Luke 2:25And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
- Luke 7:19And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to Jesus, saying, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
- Philippians 3:11if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
- Acts 26:6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.
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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