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Acts 26:7 KJV
Acts · chapter 26 · verse 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.Acts 26:7 · King James Version
Acts 26:7 in context
5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
7Unto 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.
8Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- instantlyenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- instantlyekteneiaextension, intentness , earnestnessG1616 →
- servinglatreuōto serve for hire, to serve, minister to, either to the gods or men and used alike of…G3000 →
- tribesdōdekaphylonthe twelve tribes, used collectively of the Israelitish people, as consisting of the…G1429 →
- nightnyxnight, metaph. the time when work ceases, the time of death, the time for deeds of sin…G3571 →
- hopeelpizōto hope, in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full confidence…G1679 →
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Agrippa was the most honourable person in the assembly, having the title of king bestowed upon him, though otherwise having only the power of other governors under the emperor, and, though not here superior, yet senior, to Festus;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11