Acts 26:6

“And now I stand, and am judged, etc.] 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 <012218>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. (<181926>Job 19:26,27, <232619>Isaiah 26:19, <271202>Daniel 12:2) and others; and both these senses may be very well joined together, for it was for asserting that the…”

“I . . . am judged for the hope of the promise made . . . to our fathers--"for believing that the promise of Messiah, the Hope of the Church (Act 13:32; Act 28:20) has been fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth risen from the dead."”

“And now I stand - I stand before the tribunal. I am arraigned. And am judged - Am tried with reference to being judged. I am undergoing a trial on the point in which all my nation are agreed. For the hope - On account of the hope; or because, in common with my countrymen, I had entertained this hope, and now believe in its fulfillment. Of the promise ... - See the references in the margin. It is not quite certain whether Paul refers here to the promise of the Messiah or to the hope of the resurrection of the dead. When he stood before the Jewish Sanhedrin Acts 23:6, he said that he was called in question on account of holding the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. But it may be…”

“And now - Act 26:6-8 are in a kind of parenthesis, and show that what the Pharisees rightly taught concerning the resurrection, Paul likewise asserted at this day. Act 26:9 is connected with Act 26:5. For Pharisaism impelled him to persecute. I stand in judgment for the hope of the promise - Of the resurrection. So it was in effect. For unless Christ had risen, there could have been no resurrection of the dead. And it was chiefly for testifying the resurrection of Christ, that the Jews still persecuted him. Acts 26:7”

“am: Act 26:8, Act 23:6, Act 24:15, Act 24:21, Act 28:20 the promise: Act 3:24, Act 13:32, Act 13:33; Gen 3:15, Gen 12:3, Gen 22:18, Gen 26:4, Gen 49:10; Deu 18:15; Sa2 7:12, Sa2 7:13; Job 19:25-27; Psa 2:6-12, Psa 40:6-8, Psa 98:2, Psa 110:1-4; Psa 132:11, Psa 132:17; Isa 4:2, Isa 7:14, Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7, Isa 11:1-5, Isa 40:9-11, Isa 42:1-4, Isa 53:10-12; Isa 61:1-3; Jer 23:5, Jer 23:6, Jer 33:14-17; Eze 17:22-24, Eze 21:27, Eze 34:23-25; Eze 37:24; Dan 2:34, Dan 2:35, Dan 2:44, Dan 2:45, Dan 7:13, Dan 7:14, Dan 9:24-26; Hos 3:5; Joe 2:32; Amo 9:11, Amo 9:12; Oba 1:21; Mic 5:2, Mic 7:20; Zep 3:14-17; Zac 2:10, Zac 2:11, Zac 6:12, Zac 9:9; Zac 13:1, Zac 13:7; Mal 3:1, Mal 4:2; Luk 1:69, Luk…”