Acts 26:7 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 26:7

the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

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ASV

unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Unto 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 captive to Assyria, and had not returned, leaving but the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Our twelve tribes - For a great part of the ten tribes also had at various times returned from the east to their own country, James i, 1; Worshipping continually night and day - That is, this is what they aim at in all their public and private worship.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews--"I am accused of Jews, O king" (so the true reading appears to be); of all quarters the most surprising for such a charge to come from. The charge of sedition is not so much as alluded to throughout this speech. It was indeed a mere pretext.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
ἣν	hēn	which	G3739 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
δωδεκάφυλον	dōdekaphulon	twelve tribes	G1429 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἐκτενείᾳ	ekteneia	earnestness	G1616 →
νύκτα	nukta	night	G3571 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡμέραν	hēmeran	day	G2250 →
λατρεῦον	latreuon	serving	G3000 →
ἐλπίζει	elpizei	they hope	G1679 →
καταντῆσαι,	katantēsai	to attain,	G2658 →
περὶ	peri	concerning	G4012 →
ἧς	hēs	which	G3739 →
ἐλπίδος	elpidos	hope	G1680 →
ἐγκαλοῦμαι	egkaloumai	I am accused	G1458 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
Ἰουδαίων,	Ioudaiōn	Jews,	G2453 →
βασιλεῦ,	basileu	O king,	G935 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

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
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
leads to
- Ezekiel 12:15
  And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
- 1 Peter 1:1
  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
- John 7:35
  At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the…
- Acts 8:1
  And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
  Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
Through
Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in 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…
leads to
- Luke 22:28–30
  You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.
Through
Philippians 3:11
and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
leads to
- Luke 20:35–36
  But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
Through
1 Timothy 5:5
The widow who is truly in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day in her petitions and prayers.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 5:3
  Honor the widows who are truly widows.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Acts

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Acts