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Verse	Translation	Text
Ac 26:6	Strong Concordance	And [2532] now [3568] I stand [2476] and am judged [2919] for [1909] the hope [1680] of the promise [1860] made [1096] of [5259] God [2316] unto [4314] our fathers [3962]:
	King James	And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
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 (Act 13:32; Act 28:20) has been fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth risen from the dead."

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

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 (Act 13:32; Act 28:20) has been fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth risen from the dead."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
And now I stand - I stand before the tribunal. I am arraigned. And am judged - Am tried with reference to being judged. I am undergoing a trial on the point in which all my nation are agreed. For the hope - On account of the hope; or because, in common with my countrymen, I had entertained this hope, and now believe in its fulfillment. Of the promise ... - See the references in the margin. It is not quite certain whether Paul refers here to the promise of the Messiah or to the hope of the resurrection of the dead. When he stood before the Jewish Sanhedrin Act 23:6, he said that he was called in question on account of holding the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. But it may be observed that in his view the two things were closely united. He hoped that the Messiah would come, and he hoped therefore for the resurrection of the dead. He believed that he had come, and had risen, and therefore he believed that the dead would rise. He argued the one from the other. And as he believed that Jesus was the Messiah, and that he had risen from the dead, and that he had thus furnished a demonstration that the dead would rise, it was evident that the subject of controversy between him and the Jews involved everything that was vital to their opinions and their hopes. See Act 26:8. Made of God - Made by God. See the marginal references. The promises had been made to the fathers of a Messiah to come, and that embraced the promise of a future state, or of the resurrection of the dead. It will help us to understand the stress which Paul and the other apostles laid on the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead to remember that it involved the whole doctrine of the separate existence of the soul and of a future state. The Sadducees denied all this; and when the Pharisees, the Saviour, and the apostles opposed them, they did it by showing that there would be a future state of rewards and punishments. See the argument of the Saviour with the Sadducees explained in the notes on Mat 22:23-32. Unto our fathers - Our ancestors, the patriarchs, etc.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

And now I stand - I stand before the tribunal. I am arraigned.

And am judged - Am tried with reference to being judged. I am undergoing a trial on the point in which all my nation are agreed.

For the hope - On account of the hope; or because, in common with my countrymen, I had entertained this hope, and now believe in its fulfillment.

Of the promise ... - See the references in the margin. It is not quite certain whether Paul refers here to the promise of the Messiah or to the hope of the resurrection of the dead. When he stood before the Jewish Sanhedrin Act 23:6, he said that he was called in question on account of holding the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. But it may be observed that in his view the two things were closely united. He hoped that the Messiah would come, and he hoped therefore for the resurrection of the dead. He believed that he had come, and had risen, and therefore he believed that the dead would rise. He argued the one from the other. And as he believed that Jesus was the Messiah, and that he had risen from the dead, and that he had thus furnished a demonstration that the dead would rise, it was evident that the subject of controversy between him and the Jews involved everything that was vital to their opinions and their hopes. See Act 26:8.

Made of God - Made by God. See the marginal references. The promises had been made to the fathers of a Messiah to come, and that embraced the promise of a future state, or of the resurrection of the dead. It will help us to understand the stress which Paul and the other apostles laid on the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead to remember that it involved the whole doctrine of the separate existence of the soul and of a future state. The Sadducees denied all this; and when the Pharisees, the Saviour, and the apostles opposed them, they did it by showing that there would be a future state of rewards and punishments. See the argument of the Saviour with the Sadducees explained in the notes on Mat 22:23-32.

Unto our fathers - Our ancestors, the patriarchs, etc.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
For the hope ( ἐπ' ἐλπίδι) Lit., "on the ground of the hope." Made of God The article clearly defines what promise, "the one, namely, made of God."

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
And now - Act 26:6-8 are in a kind of parenthesis, and show that what the Pharisees rightly taught concerning the resurrection, Paul likewise asserted at this day. Act 26:9is connected with Act 26:5. For Pharisaism impelled him to persecute. I stand in judgment for the hope of the promise - Of the resurrection. So it was in effect. For unless Christ had risen, there could have been no resurrection of the dead. And it was chiefly for testifying the resurrection of Christ, that the Jews still persecuted him.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
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. The Messiah had come, and was gone again, as Paul well knew; and what is here meant is something which the Jews hoped to come to, or attain; not what was to come to them; and this singular observation excludes the Messiah from being meant. It was the resurrection of all men from the dead which Paul's words signified; and this the Jews had been taught to hope for, by many passages in the Old Testament. I shall only add, that when, in the next verse, this hope of the promise is mentioned as what the Jews did then hope, καταντηοαι, to come to, it is the very same word which Paul, in Phi 3:11, uses to express the same thing: If by any means, (says he) καταντησω, I might attain to, the resurrection of the dead. Bp. Pearce.

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²⁰ For [1223] this [5026] cause [156] therefore [3767] have I called [3870] for you [5209], to see [1492] you, and [2532] to speak with [4354] you: because that [1752] for [1063] the hope [1680] of Israel [2474] I am bound with [4029] this [5026] chain [254].

³² And [2532] we [2249] declare [2097] unto you [5209] glad tidings [2097], how that [3754] the promise [1860] which was made [1096] unto [4314] the fathers [3962],

²³ The same [1722] [1565] day [2250] came [4334] to him [846] the Sadducees [4523], which [3588] say [3004] that there is [1511] no [3361] resurrection [386], and [2532] asked [1905] him [846],
²⁴ Saying [3004], Master [1320], Moses [3475] said [2036], If [1437] a man [5100] die [599], having [2192] no [3361] children [5043], his [846] brother [80] shall marry [1918] his [846] wife [1135], and [2532] raise up [450] seed [4690] unto his [846] brother [80].
²⁵ Now [1161] there were [2258] with [3844] us [2254] seven [2033] brethren [80]: and [2532] the first [4413], when he had married a wife [1060], deceased [5053], and [2532], having [2192] no [3361] issue [4690], left [863] his [846] wife [1135] unto his [846] brother [80]:
²⁶ Likewise [3668] the second [1208] also [2532], and [2532] the third [5154], unto [2193] the seventh [2033].
²⁷ And [1161] last [5305] of all [3956] the woman [1135] died [599] also [2532].
²⁸ Therefore [3767] in [1722] the resurrection [386] whose [5101] wife [1135] shall she be [2071] of the seven [2033]? for [1063] they all [3956] had [2192] her [846].
²⁹ Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [1161] said [2036] unto them [846], Ye do err [4105], not [3361] knowing [1492] the scriptures [1124], nor [3366] the power [1411] of God [2316].
³⁰ For [1063] in [1722] the resurrection [386] they neither [3777] marry [1060], nor [3777] are given in marriage [1547], but [235] are [1526] as [5613] the angels [32] of God [2316] in [1722] heaven [3772].
³¹ But [1161] as touching [4012] the resurrection [386] of the dead [3498], have ye [314] not [3756] read [314] that which [3588] was spoken [4483] unto you [5213] by [5259] God [2316], saying [3004],
³² I [1473] am [1510] the God [2316] of Abraham [11], and [2532] the God [2316] of Isaac [2464], and [2532] the God [2316] of Jacob [2384]? God [2316] is [2076] not [3756] the God [2316] of the dead [3498], but [235] of the living [2198].

⁸ Why [5101] should it be thought a thing [2919] incredible [571] with [3844] you [5213], that [1487] God [2316] should raise [1453] the dead [3498]?

⁶ But [1161] when Paul [3972] perceived [1097] that [3754] the one [1520] part [3313] were [2076] Sadducees [4523], and [1161] the other [2087] Pharisees [5330], he cried out [2896] in [1722] the council [4892], Men [435] and brethren [80], I [1473] am [1510] a Pharisee [5330], the son [5207] of a Pharisee [5330]: of [4012] the hope [1680] and [2532] resurrection [386] of the dead [3498] I [1473] am called in question [2919].

⁵ Which knew [4267] me [3165] from the beginning [509], if [1437] they would [2309] testify [3140], that [3754] after [2596] the most straitest [196] sect [139] of our [2251] religion [2356] I lived [2198] a Pharisee [5330].

⁹ I [1473] verily [3303] [3767] thought [1380] with myself [1683], that I ought [1163] to do [4238] many things [4183] contrary [1727] to [4314] the name [3686] of Jesus [2424] of Nazareth [3480].

⁶ And [2532] now [3568] I stand [2476] and am judged [2919] for [1909] the hope [1680] of the promise [1860] made [1096] of [5259] God [2316] unto [4314] our fathers [3962]:
⁷ Unto [1519] which [3739] promise our [2257] twelve tribes [1429], instantly [1722] [1616] serving [3000] God day [2250] and [2532] night [3571], hope [1679] to come [2658]. For [4012] which [3739] hope's sake [1680], king [935] Agrippa [67], I am accused [1458] of [5259] the Jews [2453].
⁸ Why [5101] should it be thought a thing [2919] incredible [571] with [3844] you [5213], that [1487] God [2316] should raise [1453] the dead [3498]?

¹¹ If by any means [1513] I might attain [2658] unto [1519] the resurrection [1815] of the dead [3498].

⁷ Unto [1519] which [3739] promise our [2257] twelve tribes [1429], instantly [1722] [1616] serving [3000] God day [2250] and [2532] night [3571], hope [1679] to come [2658]. For [4012] which [3739] hope's sake [1680], king [935] Agrippa [67], I am accused [1458] of [5259] the Jews [2453].