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Acts 26:8

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

KJV

τί ἄπιστον κρίνεται παρ’ ὑμῖν εἰ ὁ θεὸς νεκροὺς ἐγείρει;

Greek NT

Quid incredibile judicatur apud vos, si Deus mortuos suscitat ?

Vulgate

Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?

ASV

Why should it be thought a thing incredible that God should raise the dead?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
κρίνω
krino
verb · 114×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
παρά
para
preposition · 191×
τίς
tis
interrogative_pronoun · 533×
ἄπιστος
apistos
adjective · 23×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:12 — Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  • 1Cor 15:12 — Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  • Acts 4:2 — Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
  • Acts 4:2 — Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
  • Acts 10:40 — Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
  • Acts 13:30 — But God raised him from the dead:
  • Acts 17:31 — Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from
  • Acts 17:32 — And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
  • 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 25:19 — But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
  • Ezek 37:3 — And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.
  • Gen 18:14 — Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
  • Job 14:14 — If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
  • John 5:21 — For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
  • John 5:28 — Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
  • Luke 18:27 — And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
  • Matt 22:29 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • Phil 3:21 — Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.