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Acts 26:6

Hope

4 Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem.

5 They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.

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

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.

8 Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
KJV
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
WEB
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
ASV
And now I stand [here] to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
DARBY
And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
BLB
And now I stand, being judged for the hope of the promise having been made by God to our fathers,
ÅB
Og nå står jeg her og skal dømmes for håp på det løfte som av Gud er gitt fedrene,
OTB
Og nå står jeg for retten på grunn av mitt håp i løftet som Gud ga våre forfedre.
B1930
Og nu står jeg her og skal dømmes for håp på det løfte som av Gud er gitt fedrene,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Titus 2:13

    as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

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  • Acts 28:20

    So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

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  • Daniel 7:13–14

    In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence.

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  • 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.

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  • 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,

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  • Job 19:25–27

    But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

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  • Micah 5:2

    But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.

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  • Genesis 12:3

    I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

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