Acts 24:15

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Acts 24:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

14 I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

15 and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

16 In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

17 After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.

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Acts 24:21

unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”

Acts 26:6

And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

Acts 26:7

the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

Acts 28:20

So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”

Acts 28:21

The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

Acts 28:22

But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

Acts 28:23

So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.

Acts 28:24

Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.

Acts 28:25

They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

Acts 28:26

‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

Acts 28:27

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

Acts 28:28

Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”

Acts 28:30

Paul stayed there two full years in his own rented house, welcoming all who came to visit him.

Acts 28:31

Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 23:6

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Acts 23:7

As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

Job 19:25

But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.

Job 19:26

Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.

Daniel 12:2

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

Matthew 22:31

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

Matthew 22:32

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

John 5:28

Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

John 5:29

and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

1 Corinthians 15:12

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

1 Corinthians 15:13

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

1 Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

1 Corinthians 15:15

In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

1 Corinthians 15:16

For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

1 Corinthians 15:17

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

1 Corinthians 15:18

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:21

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:23

But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.

1 Corinthians 15:24

Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

1 Corinthians 15:27

For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.

Philippians 3:21

who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

1 Thessalonians 4:15

By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.

Revelation 20:12

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

Revelation 20:13

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.