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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/acts/26.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/acts/26.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Why does it seem incredible to any of you that God can raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/acts/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/acts/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/26.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Why is it judged incredible by you if God raises <i>the</i> dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/acts/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/acts/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/acts/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why is it considered incredible among you <i>people</i> if God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/acts/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/acts/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Why is it considered incredible among you <i>people</i> if God does raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/acts/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Why is it considered unbelievable among all of you if God does raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/acts/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Why is it thought incredible by [any of] you that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/acts/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why do any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/acts/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why is it considered incredible by any of you that God raises the dead? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/acts/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/acts/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Why should any of you doubt that God raises the dead to life? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/acts/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/acts/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Why do all of you refuse to believe that God can bring dead people back to life?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/acts/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Why do you who are here find it impossible to believe that God raises the dead? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/acts/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Why is it thought incredible by all of you that God should raise the dead? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/acts/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/acts/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/acts/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Why is it judged incredible with you, if God does raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/acts/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/26.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Why is it deemed with all of you a thing past belief if God raises the dead to life?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/acts/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Why is it judged incredible with you if God does raise the dead? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/acts/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />why is it judged incredible with you if God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/acts/26.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Why is it judged incredible by you if God raises <i>the</i> dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/acts/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/acts/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Why is it judged incredible by you, if God raise the dead?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/acts/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Why should it be thought a thing incredible, that God should raise the dead? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/acts/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Why should it be judged so unbelievable with you all that God might raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/acts/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Why is it thought unbelievable among you that God raises the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/acts/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/acts/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />How can you judge? Is it improper to believe that God can raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/acts/26.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“How do you judge? Ought we not believe that God raises the dead?”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/acts/26.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />"What? Is it thought a thing incredible among you, that God raises the dead?<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/acts/26.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />Why is it judged by you incredible, if God shall raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/acts/26.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />What! is it judged a thing incredible by you, that God should raise the dead?<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/acts/26.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />you may think it something incredible that God should raise the dead:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/acts/26.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />Why is it deemed with all of you a thing past belief if God raises the dead to life?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/acts/26.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise <i>the</i> dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/acts/26.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />What! is it judged incredible by you, that God <i>should</i> raise the dead?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/acts/26-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/in5WTRQ9BSQ?start=8606" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/acts/26.htm">Paul's Testimony to Agrippa</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/5101.htm" title="5101: ti (IPro-ANS) -- Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.">Why would</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: par’ (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. "></a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymin (PPro-D2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">any of you</a> <a href="/greek/2919.htm" title="2919: krinetai (V-PIM/P-3S) -- Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.">consider it</a> <a href="/greek/571.htm" title="571: apiston (Adj-NNS) -- (passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing).">incredible</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/1453.htm" title="1453: egeirei (V-PIA-3S) -- (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.">raises</a> <a href="/greek/3498.htm" title="3498: nekrous (Adj-AMP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">the dead?</a> </span> <span class="reftext">9</span>So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/15-12.htm">1 Corinthians 15:12-20</a></span><br />But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? / If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. / And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a></span><br />And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25-26</a></span><br />Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies. / And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-10.htm">Philippians 3:10-11</a></span><br />I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, / and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-14.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:14</a></span><br />For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-14.htm">2 Corinthians 4:14</a></span><br />knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a></span><br />Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4-5</a></span><br />We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life. / For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3</a></span><br />Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12-13</a></span><br />And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. / The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a></span><br />And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/37-1.htm">Ezekiel 37:1-14</a></span><br />The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. / He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, and indeed, they were very dry. / Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a></span><br />Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a></span><br />But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. / Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. / I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/16-10.htm">Psalm 16:10</a></span><br />For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/4-2.htm">Acts 4:2</a></b></br> Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/10-40.htm">Acts 10:40-42</a></b></br> Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/13-30.htm">Acts 13:30,31</a></b></br> But God raised him from the dead: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/24-14.htm">Belief</a> <a href="/acts/20-24.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/acts/12-12.htm">Considered</a> <a href="/acts/25-19.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/acts/15-38.htm">Deemed</a> <a href="/john/6-62.htm">Incredible</a> <a href="/acts/26-6.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/acts/26-5.htm">Life</a> <a href="/acts/26-2.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/acts/16-13.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Past</a> <a href="/acts/13-50.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/john/5-21.htm">Raises</a> <a href="/acts/22-13.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/acts/20-16.htm">Thought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/romans/2-19.htm">Belief</a> <a href="/romans/4-19.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/romans/4-19.htm">Considered</a> <a href="/acts/26-23.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/acts/27-27.htm">Deemed</a> <a href="/john/6-62.htm">Incredible</a> <a href="/romans/2-12.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/acts/27-43.htm">Life</a> <a href="/acts/26-9.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/romans/1-14.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/acts/27-8.htm">Past</a> <a href="/romans/4-24.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-9.htm">Raises</a> <a href="/acts/28-15.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/acts/26-9.htm">Thought</a><div class="vheading2">Acts 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/26-1.htm">Paul, in the presence of Agrippa, declares his life from his childhood;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/26-12.htm">and how miraculously he was converted, and called to his apostleship.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/26-24.htm">Festus charges him with being insane, whereunto he answers modestly.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/26-28.htm">Agrippa is almost persuaded to be a Christian.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/acts/26-31.htm">The whole company pronounces him innocent.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/26.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/acts/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/acts/26.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Why would any of you consider it incredible</b><br>This phrase challenges the audience's perception of what is possible with God. In the context of <a href="/acts/26.htm">Acts 26</a>, Paul is addressing King Agrippa and others, defending his faith and the resurrection of Jesus. The incredulity of the resurrection is a common theme in the New Testament, as seen in the skepticism of the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection (<a href="/matthew/22-23.htm">Matthew 22:23</a>). The rhetorical question implies that belief in God's power should naturally include belief in His ability to raise the dead, as God is omnipotent and sovereign over life and death.<p><b>that God raises the dead?</b><br>The resurrection is central to Christian doctrine, affirming Jesus Christ's victory over death and the promise of eternal life for believers. This belief is rooted in Old Testament prophecies, such as <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> and <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a>, which speak of the dead rising. The resurrection of Jesus is a fulfillment of these prophecies and is foundational to the apostolic preaching (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-12.htm">1 Corinthians 15:12-22</a>). The phrase also connects to Jesus' own words in <a href="/john/11-25.htm">John 11:25</a>, where He declares Himself the resurrection and the life. The resurrection is not just a future hope but a present reality for those in Christ, symbolizing spiritual rebirth and the ultimate restoration of creation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The speaker in this passage, Paul is defending himself before King Agrippa, explaining his conversion and mission to preach the Gospel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_agrippa.htm">King Agrippa</a></b><br>The ruler before whom Paul is making his defense. Agrippa is knowledgeable about Jewish customs and prophecies, which Paul uses to his advantage in his argument.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/caesarea.htm">Caesarea</a></b><br>The location where Paul is being held and where this defense takes place. It was a significant city in Judea, serving as a Roman administrative center.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/resurrection_of_the_dead.htm">Resurrection of the Dead</a></b><br>The central theme of Paul's defense, emphasizing the power of God and the core Christian belief in the resurrection.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jewish_belief_system.htm">Jewish Belief System</a></b><br>The context in which Paul is speaking, as the Jews had a historical belief in the resurrection, which Paul argues should not be seen as incredible.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god.htm">The Power of God</a></b><br>God's ability to raise the dead is a testament to His omnipotence. Believers are called to trust in God's power over life and death.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_the_resurrection.htm">Faith in the Resurrection</a></b><br>The resurrection is a cornerstone of Christian faith. It assures believers of eternal life and victory over death.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/defending_the_faith.htm">Defending the Faith</a></b><br>Like Paul, Christians should be prepared to defend their beliefs, using Scripture and reason to explain the hope they have in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_trials.htm">Hope in Trials</a></b><br>The promise of resurrection provides hope and strength during trials, reminding believers of the eternal perspective.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_promises.htm">Understanding God's Promises</a></b><br>Studying the Scriptures helps believers understand and trust in God's promises, including the resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_acts_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Acts 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_acts_26_8_align_with_science.htm">How can we reconcile Paul’s claim of resurrection in Acts 26:8 with modern scientific understanding? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_five_finger_prayer_method.htm">How do I become a child of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_26_19_align_with_science.htm">In Isaiah 26:19, how can the promise of the dead rising be reconciled with scientific principles that contradict physical resurrection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_holiness,_sanctification.htm">How can I find hope in times of despair?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/acts/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Why should it be thought a thing incredible . . .?</span>--Some MSS. give a punctuation which alters the structure of the sentence: <span class= "ital">What! is it</span> <span class= "ital">thought a thing incredible</span> . . . <span class= "ital">?</span> The appeal is made to Agrippa as accepting the sacred books of Israel, in which instances of a resurrection were recorded (<a href="/context/1_kings/17-17.htm" title="And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.">1Kings 17:17-23</a>; <a href="/context/2_kings/4-18.htm" title="And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.">2Kings 4:18-37</a>), and which ought to have hindered him from postulating the incredibility of the truth which St. Paul preached, and which included (1) the doctrine of a general resurrection, and (2) the fact that Christ had risen. The Greek use of the present tense, <span class= "ital">that God raiseth the dead, </span>gives prominence to the first thought rather than the second. Agrippa, as probably allied, as the rest of his kindred had been, with the Sadducean high priests, not a few of whom he had himself nominated, was likely to reject both.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/acts/26.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - Why <span class="accented">is it judged incredible with you, if</span> for <span class="accented">why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that</span>, A.V.; <span class="accented">doth</span> for <span class="accented">should</span>, A.V. <span class="cmt_word">Why is it judged</span>, etc. The use of d is somewhat peculiar. It cannot stand for <span class="greek">ὅτι</span>, but it is nearly equivalent to "whether," as in ver. 23. The question proposed to the mind is here whether God has raised the dead; and in ver. 23 whether Christ has suffered, whether he is the first to rise. In the latter case St. Paul gives the answer by his witness to the truth, affirming that it is so. In the former case he chides his hearers for giving the answer of unbelief, and saying that it is not so. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/acts/26-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Why {would}</span><br /><span class="grk">τί</span> <span class="translit">(ti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5101.htm">Strong's 5101: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">any of you</span><br /><span class="grk">ὑμῖν</span> <span class="translit">(hymin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> </span><span class="str2">You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">consider it</span><br /><span class="grk">κρίνεται</span> <span class="translit">(krinetai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2919.htm">Strong's 2919: </a> </span><span class="str2">Properly, to distinguish, i.e. Decide; by implication, to try, condemn, punish.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">incredible</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄπιστον</span> <span class="translit">(apiston)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_571.htm">Strong's 571: </a> </span><span class="str2">(passively) untrustworthy (person), or incredible (thing).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="grk">εἰ</span> <span class="translit">(ei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> </span><span class="str2">If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="grk">Θεὸς</span> <span class="translit">(Theos)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> </span><span class="str2">A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">raises</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐγείρει</span> <span class="translit">(egeirei)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1453.htm">Strong's 1453: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] dead?</span><br /><span class="grk">νεκροὺς</span> <span class="translit">(nekrous)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. 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