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.'


In Context

20 but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

21 because of these things the Jews — having caught me in the temple — were endeavouring to kill me.

22 'Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come,

23 that 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.'

24 And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, 'Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'

25 and he saith, 'I am not mad, most noble Festus, but of truth and soberness the sayings I speak forth;

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 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 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.