“And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:”
King James Version (KJV)
26:6 And now - This and the two following verses are in a kind of #Acts 26:6|,7,8 parenthesis, and show that what the Pharisees rightly taught concerning the resurrection, Paul likewise asserted at this day. The ninth verse is connected with the fifth. For Pharisaism #Acts 26:9|,5 impelled him to persecute. I stand in judgment for the hope of the promise - Of the resurrection. So it was in effect. For unless Christ had risen, there could have been no resurrection of the dead. And it was chiefly for testifying the resurrection of Christ, that the Jews still persecuted him.
Ac 26:6 Judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto the fathers. It was not because of a departure from the faith of his fathers that he was accused. That glorious promise, running through all the Jewish Scriptures, was that the Messiah should come. For examples of the promise, see Ge 22:18 49:10 De 18:15-19 Isa 9:6,7. Paul not only believed in Moses and the prophets, but believed that the promise God made to them was fulfilled.
And now I stand, and am iudged for the hope of the promise made of God vnto our fathers:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And now I stand `here' to be judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;
- Basic English Bible
And now I stand to be judged because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
- Darby Bible
And now I stand, and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers:
- Webster's Bible
And now I stand here impeached because of my hope in the fulfilment of the promise made by God to our forefathers--
- Weymouth Bible
Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
- World English Bible
And now for the hope of repromyssioun, that is maad to oure fadris of God, Y stonde suget in dom;
- Wycliffe Bible
and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,
- Youngs Literal Bible