ACTS 26:23 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“That 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.”
'that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.' - The prophetic fulfillment Paul claims is that the Messiah would: (1) suffer (pathetós, pathetós-'capable of suffering'), (2) be 'the first to rise from the dead' (anastaseōs nekrōn, anastaseōs nekrōn-'first from resurrection of the dead'), and (3) 'bring light to his people and Gentiles' (phōs, phōs-'light'). This trilogy-suffering, resurrection, universal proclamation-ties all three to prophetic expectation, making the Christian claim the completion of Judaism's own promises.
Church Fathers on Acts 26:23
Whether He, as the first to rise from the dead, should show light unto the people and to the Gentiles. Acts 26:23 Festus saw the boldness, and what says he? For Paul was all along addressing himself to the king — he was in a manner annoyed, and says to him, You are beside yourself, Paul: for, while he thus discoursed, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you are beside yourself: much learning does make you mad. Acts 26:24 What then says Paul? With gentleness, I am not mad,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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