Acts 26:6
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
KJV
καὶ νῦν ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι τῆς εἰς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν ἐπαγγελίας γενομένης ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ἕστηκα κρινόμενος,
Greek NT
Et nunc, in spe quæ ad patres nostros repromissionis facta est a Deo, sto judicio subjectus :
Vulgate
And now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
ASV
And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God to the fathers, do I stand subject to judgment:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
γίνομαι
ginomai
verb · 667×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
πατήρ
pater
noun · 412×
ἐλπίς
elpis
noun · 53×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἐπαγγελία
epaggelia
noun · 52×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
ἵστημι
istemi
verb · 152×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: εἰς | WH/Treg/NIV: εἰς | RP: πρὸς
- εἰς — SBLGNT
- εἰς — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- πρὸς — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: ἡμῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἡμῶν
- ἡμῶν — SBLGNT
- ἡμῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 13:32 — And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
- Acts 13:32 — And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
- 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 o
- Acts 24:15 — 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.
- Acts 24:21 — Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
- Acts 28:20 — For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- Acts 28:20 — For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
- Col 1:5 — For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
- Dan 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
- Deut 18:15 — The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
- Gen 12:3 — And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
- Gen 22:18 — And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
- Gen 26:4 — And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
- Isa 9:6 — For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin
- Job 19:25 — For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
- Mic 5:2 — But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, f
- Rom 1:2 — (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
- Rom 15:8 — Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
- Titus 2:13 — Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
- Zech 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one