for the promise of it belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those far away whom the Lord our God calls to him."

As the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise God had made to Abraham, the people became more and more numerous in Egypt,

that God has fulfilled to us, their children, the promise that he made to our forefathers, by raising Jesus to life, just as the Scripture says in the second psalm, You are my Son! Today I have become your Father!'

But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, and they have taken an oath not to eat or drink till they have killed him. They are all ready now, and are only waiting to get your promise."

Even now it is for my hope in the promise that God made to our forefathers that I stand here on trial,

the promise in the hope of seeing which fulfilled our twelve tribes serve God zealously night and day. It is about this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused by some Jews.