Acts 26:23

That Christ should suffer] RV 'how that the Christ must suffer'; RM 'if the Christ must suffer,' or, 'whether the Christ must suffer': see Luke 24:26; Luke 24:46 and Isaiah 53. The first] see 1 Corinthians 15:20, 'the firstfruits of them that slept'; Colossians 1:18, 'the firstborn from the dead'; Revelation 1:5, 'the first begotten of the dead.'

Light] see Luke 2:32; Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 60:1. The people] i.e. the Jewish nation, 'the people of God.'