Acts 26:6

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Summary

Acts 26:6

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

Am

The promise

Bible References

Am

Why is it considered incredible by all of you that God should raise the dead?

Because Paul knew that part of them were Sadducees and part of them Pharisees, he began to cry out in the council chamber, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a Pharisee's son, and now I am on trial for the hope of the resurrection of the dead."

and I have the same hope in God that they cherish for themselves, that there is to be a resurrection of the upright and the wicked.

Now it is for this reason that I invited you to come, namely, to see you and speak with you, for it is on account of Israel's hope that I am wearing this chain."

The promise

Yes, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel down, have also foretold these days.

So now we are bringing you the good news about the promise that was made to our forefathers,

and He has made a mighty Saviour for us in the house of His servant David,

Yes, I mean that Christ has become a servant to Israel to prove God's truthfulness, to make valid His promises to our forefathers,

I mean this: The law which was given four hundred and thirty years later could not annul the contract which had already been ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.

but when the proper time had come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to law,

while we are waiting for the realization of our blessed hope at the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus,

earnestly trying to find out the time, and the nature of the times, which the Spirit of the Christ within them pointed to, in foretelling the sufferings of the Christ and the glory that should follow them.