Acts 26:8

"which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!"

Key Reflection

In Acts 26:8, Paul asserts that the Jewish people, represented by their twelve tribes, had a steadfast hope of attaining salvation and blessings promised to them by God. This hope was central to their daily devotion and service, yet it led to accusations against Paul from his fellow Jews, as he proclaimed a different path through Jesus Christ, which they found incompatible with traditional Jewish expectations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 8. Why should it be thought, etc. The force of this question will be better seen by an interrogation point after why, ti. "What! Is it to be thought a thing incredible?" etc. It intimates surprise that it should be thought incredible; or implies that no reason could be given why such a doctrine should be unworthy of belief. A thing incredible. A doctrine which cannot be credited or believed. Why should it be regarded as absurd? With you. This is in the plural number; and it is evident that Paul here addressed not Agrippa alone, but those who were with him.

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