Acts 26:6 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 26:6

And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

BSB

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ASV

And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

KJV

And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And now I stand, and am judged,.... Before the Roman governor, and in the presence of Agrippa: for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers; either for the hope of righteousness, life, and salvation, by the Messiah; who was promised to the Jewish fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and others; see Gen 22:18 or for the hope of the resurrection of the dead, and eternal life; of which there are various testimonies in the writings of the Old Testament, committed to the people of the Jews.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For the hope of the promise - This does not appear to mean, the hope of the Messiah, as some have imagined, but the hope of the resurrection of the dead, to which the apostle referred in Act 23:6 (note), where he says to the Jewish council, (from which the Roman governor took him), of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question: see the notes there. And here he says, I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise, etc., and to which, he says, Act 26:7, the twelve tribes hope to come.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This was said to meet the charge, that as a Hellenistic Jew he had contracted among the heathen lax ideas of Jewish peculiarities. 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."

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
νῦν	nun	now	G3568 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	for [the]	G1909 →
ἐλπίδι	elpidi	hope	G1680 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
πατέρας	pateras	fathers	G3962 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
ἐπαγγελίας	epangelias	promise	G1860 →
γενομένης	genomenēs	having been made	G1096 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ	theou	God	G2316 →
ἕστηκα	hestēka	I have stood	G2476 →
κρινόμενος,	krinomenos	being judged,	G2919 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Titus 2:13
as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:8
  From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who…
- 1 Corinthians 1:7
  Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Matthew 16:27
  For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
- Titus 1:2
  in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.
- 2 Peter 3:12–14
  as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
Through
Romans 15:8
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
leads to
- Galatians 4:4–5
  But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Matthew 15:24
  He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Through
Acts 24:15
and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
leads to
- Daniel 12:2
  And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

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06About Acts

Where the connections lead

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Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Acts