Atti 26:6

6 Ed ora, io sto a giudicio per la speranza della promessa fatta da Dio a’ padri.

Atti 26:6 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 26:6

And now I stand, and am judged
Before the Roman governor, and in the presence of Agrippa:

for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers;
either for the hope of righteousness, life, and salvation, by the Messiah; who was promised to the Jewish fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and others; see ( Genesis 22:18 ) ( 49:10 ) or for the hope of the resurrection of the dead, and eternal life; of which there are various testimonies in the writings of the Old Testament, committed to the people of the Jews. ( Job 19:26 Job 19:27 ) ( Isaiah 26:19 ) ( Daniel 12:2 ) and others; and both these senses may be very well joined together, for it was for asserting that the promised Messiah was come, and that Jesus of Nazareth was he; that he was risen from the dead, and that all the dead will be raised by him; and that life and righteousness, salvation, and everlasting glory and happiness, are only by him; for asserting these things, I say, the apostle was now a prisoner, and stood at the bar of a Roman judge, being accused by the Jews.

Atti 26:6 In-Context

4 Quale adunque sia stata, dalla mia giovanezza, la mia maniera di vivere, fin dal principio, per mezzo la mia nazione in Gerusalemme, tutti i Giudei lo sanno.

5 Poichè mi hanno innanzi conosciuto fin dalla mia prima età, e sanno se voglion renderne testimonianza, che secondo la più squisita setta della nostra religione, son vissuto Fariseo.

6 Ed ora, io sto a giudicio per la speranza della promessa fatta da Dio a’ padri.

7 Alla quale le nostre dodici tribù, servendo del continuo a Dio, giorno e notte, sperano di pervenire; per quella speranza sono io, o re Agrippa, accusato da’ Giudei.

8 Che? è egli da voi giudicato incredibile che Iddio risusciti i morti?