Acts 26:6

Am judged. Or, “to be judged,” that is, in spite of his loyalty to the fundamental principles of Judaism (vs. 4, 5). As a Christian, Paul believed “none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come” (v. 22).

The promise. That is, the promise of a coming Messiah, in which all other promises to Israel centered, for which the twelve tribes had ever been looking, and which Paul declares met its fulfillment in Jesus. Implicit in the promise of a Messiah is His resurrection (see on Isa. 53:10-12), for of what help could a dead Messiah be to Israel?

To Paul, the resurrection of Jesus was the great central fact that justified all his hopes for the future (1 Cor. 15:12-23; Phil. 3:10, 11; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Titus 2:13). The chief difficulty with Jewish thought concerning the Messiah was that the Jews had so concentrated on OT promises of national greatness and the coming of a Messiah destined to defeat their enemies — all envisioned by the prophets, to be sure (see Vol. IV, pp. 27-32) — that they lost sight of the fact that Messiah must first suffer and die for their sins (see on Luke 4:19). Paul knew that the promises of glory would be fulfilled in Christ’s second advent (1 Cor. 15:51-54; Heb. 9:28).

Our fathers. Including, particularly, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.