Acts 26:6

26:6 And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,

Acts 26:22

26:22 I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

Luke 24:26-27

24:26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 24:27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, 10  he interpreted to them the things written about 11  himself in all the scriptures.

Luke 24:44

Jesus’ Final Commission

24:44 Then 12  he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me 13  in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms 14  must be fulfilled.”


tn BDAG 568 s.v. κρίνω 5.a.α has “κρίνεσθαι ἐπί τινι be on trial because of a thing Ac 26:6.”

tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

tn Grk “So experiencing…I stand.” The participle τυχών (tucwn) has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

tn BDAG 311 s.v. ἐκτός 3.b, “functions as prep. w. gen. οὐδὲν ἐ. ὧν nothing except what (cf. 1 Ch 29:3; 2 Ch 17:19; TestNapht. 6:2) Ac 26:22.”

sn What the prophets and Moses said. Paul argued that his message reflected the hope of the Jewish scriptures.

tn This Greek particle (οὐχί, ouci) expects a positive reply.

sn The statement Wasn’t it necessary is a reference to the design of God’s plan (see Luke 24:7). Suffering must precede glory (see Luke 17:25).

tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”

tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

10 sn The reference to Moses and all the prophets is a way to say the promise of Messiah runs throughout OT scripture from first to last.

11 tn Or “regarding,” “concerning.” “Written” is implied by the mention of the scriptures in context; “said” could also be used here, referring to the original utterances, but by now these things had been committed to writing.

12 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

13 sn Everything written about me. The divine plan, events, and scripture itself are seen here as being one.

14 sn For a similar threefold division of the OT scriptures, see the prologue to Sirach, lines 8-10, and from Qumran, the epilogue to 4QMMT, line 10.