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Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
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Faith's Fulfillment, Not Rejection
Commentators emphasize that Paul frames his Christian faith not as a rejection of Judaism, but as its ultimate fulfillment. He argues that he is on trial for believing in the very 'hope of the promise'—the Messiah and the resurrection—that was central to the faith of the Jewish fathers. His message is that Jesus completes God's historic plan for Israel.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And now I stand. I stand before the tribunal. I am arraigned.
And am judged. I am tried in relation to being judged. I am undergoin…
And now (κα νυν). Sharp comparison between his youth and the present.
To be judged for the hope (επ' ελπιδ…
19th Century
Anglican
For the hope of the promise made of God. The words include the whole expectation of a divine kingdom of which the Christ was to be…
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Baptist
My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; which knew me from the beginning…
It was not in spite of his Jewish heritage but because of it, Paul insisted, that he believed and proclaimed what he did. So he began the body of h…
16th Century
Protestant
For the hope of the promise. He now proceeds to the cause, namely, that he labors for the principal point of faith. And though he seems to…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now I stand, and am judged Before the Roman governor, and in the presence of Agrippa:
for the…
Christianity teaches us to give a reason of the hope that is in us, and also to give honour to whom honour is due, without flattery or fear of man.…
