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."


In Context

20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles also, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds.

21 That is why the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

22 But I have had God's help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen--

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

24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul's defense. "You are out of your mind, Paul!" he shouted. "Your great learning is driving you insane."

25 "I am not insane, most excellent Festus," Paul replied. "What I am saying is true and reasonable.

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 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 English Revised 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 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.