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Acts 26:7

Agrippa

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.

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

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?

9 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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BSB
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.
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.
WEB
which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!
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!
DARBY
to which our whole twelve tribes serving incessantly day and night hope to arrive; about which hope, O king, I am accused of [the] Jews.
BLB
to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, serving in earnestness night and day, the hope concerning which I am accused by the Jews, O king.
ÅB
det som vårt tolvstamme-folk under uavlatelig gudstjeneste natt og dag håper å vinne fram til; for dette håp tiltales jeg av jøder, konge!
OTB
Dette er løftet våre tolv stammer håper å oppnå mens de ivrig tjener Gud natt og dag. Det er for dette håpet, konge, at jeg blir anklaget av jødene.
B1930
det som vårt tolvstamme-folk under uavlatelig gudstjeneste natt og dag håper å vinne frem til; for dette håp tiltales jeg av jøder, konge!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • James 1:1

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

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  • 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.

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  • Philippians 3:11

    and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

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  • Luke 22:30

    so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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  • Ezra 6:17

    For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 3:10

    Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.

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  • 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 thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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  • Revelation 7:4–8

    And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

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