Acts 26:6

Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial –

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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

5and they have always known – if they choose to give evidence – that, in accordance with the very strictest form of our religion, I lived a true Pharisee.

7A promise which our twelve tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused – and by Jews themselves!

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Cross References

Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse those who curse you, and all the families of the earth will ask for themselves a blessing like your own.”

Genesis 26:4I will make your descendants as many as the stars of heaven, and give to your descendants all these lands; and all the nations of the earth will invoke for themselves a blessing like that of your descendants,

Psalms 40:6In offerings bloody or bloodless you have no delight, but with open ears you have made me. Burnt-offering and offering for sin are not what you ask.

Psalms 110:1This said the Lord concerning my lord, “Sit at my right hand, till I set your foot on the neck of your foes.”

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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