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Whyτίis it judgedκρίνεταιincredibleἄπιστονamongπαρ’youὑμῖνthatεἰGodὁ θεὸςraisesἐγείρειthe dead?νεκροὺς
Acts 26:8
Study it in the app“Why is it judged incredible among you that God raises the dead?”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 26:8, word by word
- is it judgedκρίνεταιkrinetai
decide
To make up one's mind, or think something is so.
Where else “krinetai” appears- incredibleἄπιστονapiston
incredible
Something hard to believe.
Where else “apiston” appears- Godθεὸςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- raisesἐγείρειegeirei
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egeirei” appears- the deadνεκροὺςnekrous
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrous” appears
The context
7to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, earnestly serving God night and day; concerning this hope, King, I am accused by Jews.
8 · This verse (above)
9I indeed thought to myself that I ought to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,
To study Acts 26 in a group
1. What it says
What does Paul tell King Agrippa about his earlier life and what Jesus said to him? (vv. 4-18)
2. What it means
Paul says he only repeats what the prophets and Moses said would happen (vv. 22-23). How does he connect his story with Israel's hope?
3. How I live it
Paul wishes the best for those who judge him (v. 29). How can you treat kindly someone who does not think as you do?