Acts 26:6

And now for the hope of the promise made by God to the fathers, I stand being judged,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5having known me previously from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived a Pharisee.

7to which our twelve tribes, serving in earnestness night and day, hope to attain, about which hope, king Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews!

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Cross References

Genesis 12:3And I will bless those who bless thee, and he who curses thee I will curse. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 26:4And I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give to thy seed all these lands, and in thy seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

Deuteronomy 18:15LORD thy God will raise up for thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brothers, like me. Ye shall hearken to him

Job 19:25But as for me I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand up upon the earth.

Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but a body thou have prepared for me (LXX/NT). Whole burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require.

Psalms 110:1LORD says to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

Matthew Henry on Acts 26:2-12

Paul's Fifth Defence. 1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: 2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: 3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among… Read the whole commentary →

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