Verse 8
Acts 26:8
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
8
Why should it be thought a thing incredible, that God (Elohim) should raise the dead?
Original Language Text
greek
τί ἄπιστον κρίνεται παρ’ ὑμῖν εἰ ὁ θεὸς νεκροὺς ἐγείρει;
English Translation
What seems unbelievable to you if God raises the dead?
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 26 Context
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Then Agrippa said to Paul: Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretching forth his h...
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I think myself happy, O king Agrippa, that I am to answer for myself this day before thee, touching...
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Especially as thou knowest all, both customs and questions that are among the Jews: Wherefore I bese...
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And my life indeed from my youth, which was from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem, all...
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Having known me from the beginning (if they will give testimony) that according to the most sure sec...
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And now for the hope of the promise that was made by God (Elohim) to the fathers, do I stand subject...
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Unto which, our twelve tribes, serving night and day, hope to come. For which hope, O king, I am acc...
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Why should it be thought a thing incredible, that God (Elohim) should raise the dead?
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And I indeed did formerly think, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Yashua (Jesu...
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Which also I did at Jerusalem, and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received autho...
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And oftentimes punishing them, in every synagogue, I compelled them to blaspheme: and being yet more...
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Whereupon when I was going to Damascus with authority and permission of the chief priest,
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At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining rou...
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And when we were all fallen down on the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew tongue:...
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And I said: Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord answered: I am Yashua (Jesus) whom thou persecutest.
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But rise up, and stand upon thy feet: for to this end have I appeared to thee, that I may make thee...
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Delivering thee from the people, and from the nations, unto which now I send thee:
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To open their eyes, that they may be converted from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan t...
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Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not incredulous to the heavenly vision:
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But to them first that are at Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of Judea, and to...
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For this cause the Jews, when I was in the temple, having apprehended me, went about to kill me.
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But being aided by the help of God (Elohim), I stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and gre...
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That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and shoul...
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As he spoke these things, and made his answer, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou art beside...
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And Paul said: I am not mad, most excellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and soberness.
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For the king knoweth of these things, to whom also I speak with confidence. For I am persuaded that...
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Believest thou the prophets, O king Agrippa? I know that thou believest.
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And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou persuadest me to become a Christian.
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And Paul said: I would to God (Elohim), that both in a little and in much, not only thou, but also a...
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And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them.
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And when they were gone aside, they spoke among themselves, saying: This man hath done nothing worth...
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And Agrippa said to Festus: This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesa...
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