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Acts 26:7

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

KJV

εἰς ἣν τὸ δωδεκάφυλον ἡμῶν ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν λατρεῦον ἐλπίζει καταντῆσαι· περὶ ἧς ἐλπίδος ἐγκαλοῦμαι ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων, βασιλεῦ.

Greek NT

in quam duodecim tribus nostræ nocte ac die deservientes, sperant devenire. De qua spe accusor a Judæis, rex.

Vulgate

unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

ASV

Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am accused by the Jews.

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In this verse

People Herod Agrippa IHerod Agrippa II

In the original Greek

19 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βασιλεύς
basileus
noun · 115×
δωδεκάφυλον
dodekaphulon
noun · 1×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καταντάω
katantao
verb · 13×
λατρεύω
latreuo
verb · 21×
νύξ
nux
noun · 61×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
ἐγκαλέω
egkaleo
verb · 7×
ἐκτένεια
ekteneia
noun · 1×
ἐλπίζω
elpizo
verb · 31×
ἐλπίς
elpis
noun · 53×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἡμέρα
emera
noun · 388×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων βασιλεῦ , | WH/Treg/NIV: ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων βασιλεῦ | RP: βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων
  • ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων βασιλεῦ ,SBLGNT
  • ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων βασιλεῦWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • βασιλεῦ Ἀγρίππα ὑπὸ ἸουδαίωνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 3:10 — Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
  • 1Thess 3:10 — Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
  • 1Tim 5:5 — Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
  • Ezra 6:17 — And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tri
  • Gen 49:28 — All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
  • Jas 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
  • Jas 1:1 — James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
  • Lev 24:5 — And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
  • Luke 2:37 — And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
  • Luke 22:30 — That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Matt 19:28 — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, ju
  • Phil 3:11 — If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
  • Phil 3:11 — If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
  • Rev 7:4 — And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.