Acts 26:22

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐπικουρίας οὖν τυχὼν τῆς παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης ἕστηκα, μαρτυρόμενος μικρῷ τε καὶ μεγάλῳ, οὐδὲν ἐκτὸς λέγων ὧν τε οἱ προφῆται ἐλάλησαν μελλόντων γίνεσθαι καὶ Μωσῆς:

Transliteration

Epikourias oun having tychōn of the from the Theou, until the hēmeras this tautēs I hestēka, martyromenos to small te and to great, nothing ektos legōn of which things te the prophētai elalēsan mellontōn to ginesthai and Mōsēs:

Grammar Details

• *Epikourias*: genitive, feminine, singular - help/aid
• *oun*: inferential particle - therefore/then
• *tychōn*: aorist active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - having obtained
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - God
• *hēmeras*: genitive, feminine, singular - day
• *tautēs*: genitive, feminine, singular - this
• *hestēka*: perfect active, 1st singular - I stand/have stood
• *martyromenos*: present middle participle, nominative, masculine, singular - testifying
• *te*: conjunction - and/both
• *ektos*: adverb - outside/beyond
• *legōn*: present active participle, nominative, masculine, singular - saying
• *prophētai*: nominative, masculine, plural - prophets
• *elalēsan*: aorist active, 3rd plural - they spoke
• *mellontōn*: present active participle, genitive, neuter, plural - going to be
• *ginesthai*: present middle infinitive - to happen/occur
• *Mōsēs*: nominative, masculine, singular - Moses

Word Meanings

• *Epikourias*: help/aid/assistance
• *tychōn*: having obtained/having received/having found
• *hestēka*: I stand/have stood/I continue
• *martyromenos*: testifying/witnessing/giving evidence
• *ektos*: outside/beyond/except
• *legōn*: saying/speaking/telling
• *prophētai*: prophets/seers
• *elalēsan*: they spoke/they said
• *mellontōn*: going to be/about to be/future things
• *ginesthai*: to happen/occur/come to pass

Referenced Verses

• Acts 24:14 : 14 But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way(which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets.
• Luke 24:27 : 27 Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.
• Luke 24:44 : 44 Jesus’ Final Commission Then he said to them,“These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
• John 5:46 : 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.
• Acts 10:43 : 43 About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”
• Ps 118:10-13 : 10 All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 12 They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 13 “You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.
• Rev 15:3 : 3 They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:“Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!
• Acts 3:21-24 : 21 This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets. 22 Moses said,‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. 23 Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.’ 24 And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days.
• Luke 24:46 : 46 and said to them,“Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.
• John 1:45 : 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him,“We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
• John 3:14-15 : 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
• John 5:39 : 39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,
• Acts 26:6 : 6 And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors,
• Acts 26:17 : 17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you
• Acts 28:23 : 23 They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets.
• Rom 3:21 : 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed–
• 2 Cor 1:8-9 : 8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. 9 Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 10 He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,
• Ps 124:1-3 : 1 A song of ascents, by David.“If the LORD had not been on our side”– let Israel say this!– 2 if the LORD had not been on our side, when men attacked us, 3 they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.
• Ps 124:8 : 8 Our deliverer is the LORD, the Creator of heaven and earth.
• Matt 17:4-5 : 4 So Peter said to Jesus,“Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters– one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said,“This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”
• Luke 16:29-31 : 29 But Abraham said,‘They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.’ 30 Then the rich man said,‘No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 He replied to him,‘If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
• 1 Sam 7:12 : 12 Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying,“Up to here the LORD has helped us.”
• Ezra 8:31 : 31 On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way.
• Ps 18:47 : 47 The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me.
• Ps 66:12 : 12 You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.
• Acts 14:19-20 : 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. 20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
• Acts 16:25-26 : 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.
• Acts 18:9-9 : 9 The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night,“Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent, 10 because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
• Acts 20:20-27 : 20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. 22 And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there, 23 except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me. 24 But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace. 25 “And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again. 26 Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all. 27 For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.
• Acts 21:31-33 : 31 While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. 32 He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done.
• Acts 23:10-11 : 10 When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks. 11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said,“Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”
• Acts 23:16-22 : 16 But when the son of Paul’s sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul. 17 Paul called one of the centurions and said,“Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him.” 18 So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said,“The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.” 19 The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked,“What is it that you want to report to me?” 20 He replied,“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him. 21 So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.” 22 Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him,“Tell no one that you have reported these things to me.”
• 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.
• 2 Tim 4:17-18 : 17 But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion’s mouth! 18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever! Amen.
• Rev 11:18 : 18 The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
• Rev 20:12 : 12 And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened– the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.