Acts 26:6
New International Version
And now it is because of my hope in what God has promised our ancestors that I am on trial today.

New Living Translation
Now I am on trial because of my hope in the fulfillment of God’s promise made to our ancestors.

English Standard Version
And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers,

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

Berean Literal Bible
And now I stand being judged for the hope of the promise having been made by God to our fathers,

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

New King James Version
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.

New American Standard Bible
And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

NASB 1995
“And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

NASB 1977
“And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

Legacy Standard Bible
And now I am standing here being tried for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;

Amplified Bible
And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers.

Christian Standard Bible
And now I stand on trial because of the hope in what God promised to our ancestors,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

American Standard Version
And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Now for the hope of The Promise which our fathers had from God, I stand and I am judged.”

Contemporary English Version
Now I am on trial because I believe the promise God made to our people long ago.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment:

English Revised Version
And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I'm on trial now because I expect God to keep the promise that he made to our ancestors.

Good News Translation
And now I stand here to be tried because of the hope I have in the promise that God made to our ancestors--

International Standard Version
"And now I stand here on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our ancestors.

Literal Standard Version
and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

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

New American Bible
But now I am standing trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors.

NET Bible
And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,

New Revised Standard Version
And now I stand here on trial on account of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,

New Heart English Bible
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

Webster's Bible Translation
And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers:

Weymouth New Testament
And now I stand here impeached because of my hope in the fulfilment of the promise made by God to our forefathers--

World English Bible
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,

Young's Literal Translation
and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Paul's Testimony to Agrippa
5They 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. 6And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers, 7the 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.…

Cross References
Acts 13:32
And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

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.

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."


Treasury of Scripture

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

am.

Acts 26:8
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

Acts 23:6
But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Acts 24:15,21
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust…

the promise.

Acts 3:24
Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

Acts 13:32,33
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, …

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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Acts 26
1. Paul, in the presence of Agrippa, declares his life from his childhood;
12. and how miraculously he was converted, and called to his apostleship.
24. Festus charges him with being insane, whereunto he answers modestly.
28. Agrippa is almost persuaded to be a Christian.
31. The whole company pronounces him innocent.














(6) For the hope of the promise made of God. The words include the whole expectation of a divine kingdom of which the Christ was to be the head, as well as the specific belief in a resurrection of the dead.

Unto our fathers.--Some of the better MSS. have simply, "to the fathers." The Received text is, perhaps, more in harmony with St. Paul's usual manner of identifying himself with those to whom he speaks. He will claim even Agrippa as of the stock of Abraham. (Comp. in this connection the anecdote as to Agrippa I. given in Note on Acts 12:21.)

Verse 6. - Here to be judged for and am judged, A.V. To be judged (ἕστηκα κρινόμενος); rather, I stand on my trial. The A.V. seems to give the sense well. The hope of the promise. The hope of the kingdom of Christ, which necessarily implies the resurrection of the dead. This hope, which rested upon God's promise to the fathers, Paul clung to; this hope his Sadducean persecutors denied. He, then, was the true Jew; he was faithful to Moses and the prophets; he claimed the sympathy and support of all true Israelites, and specially of King Agrippa.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

now
νῦν (nyn)
Adverb
Strong's 3568: A primary particle of present time; 'now'; also as noun or adjective present or immediate.

I stand
ἕστηκα (hestēka)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2476: A prolonged form of a primary stao stah'-o; to stand, used in various applications.

on trial
κρινόμενος (krinomenos)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2919: Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.

because of
ἐπ’ (ep’)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

[my] hope
ἐλπίδι (elpidi)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1680: Hope, expectation, trust, confidence. From a primary elpo; expectation or confidence.

in the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

promise [that]
ἐπαγγελίας (epangelias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1860: A promise. From epaggello; an announcement.

God
Θεοῦ (Theou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

made
γενομένης (genomenēs)
Verb - Aorist Participle Middle - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

to
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

fathers,
πατέρας (pateras)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.


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