23how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.


In Context

20 but declared both to them of Damascus first, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judaea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

21 For this cause the Jews seized me in the temple, and assayed to kill me.

22 Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand unto this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come;

23 how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

24 And as he thus made his defence, Festus saith with a loud voice, Paul, thou art mad; thy much learning doth turn thee to madness.

25 But Paul saith, I am not mad, most excellent Festus; but speak forth words of truth and soberness.

Acts 26:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:23That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:23that the Christ would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to his own people and to the Gentiles."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:23how that the Christ must suffer, and how that he first by the resurrection of the dead should proclaim light both to the people and to the Gentiles.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:23namely, whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of the dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:23how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:23that the Christ is to suffer, whether first by a rising from the dead, he is about to proclaim light to the people and to the nations.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.