Tree of Life Version
Acts 26:7
7It is the promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jewish people, O King!
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 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.
Context of Acts 26:7
5They have known about me for a long time—if they were willing to testify—that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. 6“Yet now I stand here being judged for the hope in the promise made by God to our fathers. It is the promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jewish people, O King! 8Why is it judged incredible by any of you that God raises the dead? 9“In fact, I myself thought it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Yeshua ha-Natzrati.
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 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 male lambs, and, as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.
- Ezra 8:35Then the exiles returning from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs and as a sin offering 12 male goats. All of this was a burnt offering to Adonai.
- Matthew 19:28And Yeshua said to them, “Amen, I tell you, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne in the new world, you who have followed Me shall 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 you shall sit upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- James 1:1Jacob, a slave of God and of the Lord Yeshua the Messiah, To the twelve tribes in the Diaspora: Shalom!
- Revelation 7:4Now I heard the number of those marked with the seal: 144,000 from every tribe of Bnei-Yisrael—
- Acts 20:31Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning you with tears.
- Psalms 134:1A Song of Ascents. Behold, bless Adonai, all servants of Adonai, who stand by night in the House of Adonai.
- Psalms 135:2standing in the House of Adonai, in the courts of the House of our God.
- Luke 2:36Now Anna, a daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Asher, was a prophetess. She was well advanced in age, having lived with a husband only seven years
- 1 Thessalonians 3:10Night time and day time we keep praying more than ever to see you face to face, and mend any shortcomings in your faith.
- 1 Timothy 5:5Now she who is really a widow and has been left alone, has put her hope in God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.
- Luke 2:25Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and pious, waiting for the consolation of Israel. The Ruach ha-Kodesh was on him.
- Luke 7:19John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for another?”
- Philippians 3:11if somehow I might arrive at the resurrection from among the dead.
- Acts 26:6“Yet now I stand here being judged for the hope in 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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