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6 aAnd now I stand and am judged for the hope of bthe promise made by God to our fathers.  
7 To this promise aour twelve tribes, earnestly serving God bnight and day, chope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.  
8 Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
9 a“Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things1 contrary to the name of bJesus of Nazareth.  
10 aThis I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority bfrom the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.  
11 aAnd I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.  

Paul Recounts His Conversion

12 a“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,  
13 at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.
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Acts 26:8

Incredible with you (apiston par umin). This old word apiston (a privative and pistov) means either unfaithful (Luke 12:46), unbelieving (John 20:27), or unbelievable as here). Paul turns suddenly from Agrippa to the audience (par umin, plural), most of whom were probably Gentiles and scouted the doctrine of the resurrection as at Athens (Acts 17:32).

If God doth raise the dead (ei o qeov nekrouv egeirei). Condition of the first class assuming that God does raise dead people. Only God can do it. This rhetorical question needs no answer, though the narrative resumed in verse Acts 26:9 does it in a way.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 26:8:

Acts 17:3
Acts 26:6
Acts 26:24

 

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