“Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?”
'Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead? - Paul's rhetorical question cuts to the heart of the conflict: resurrection is not alien to Jewish belief. The God who created life and made promises to the ancestors must have the power to raise the dead (egeirō tous nekrous, egeirō tous nekrous). He appeals to a central Jewish doctrine (belief in resurrection), making the Christian claim (Jesus's resurrection) a natural extension of what any loyal Jew should accept.
Church Fathers on Acts 26:8
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? Acts 26:6-8 Two arguments he lays down for the Resurrection: one, the argument from the prophets: and he does not bring forward any prophet (in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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