Acts 24:15

Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.

In Context

14But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

16And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

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Cross References

Job 19:25But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;

Matthew 22:31But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

Acts 23:6But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

Acts 26:6And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;

1 Corinthians 15:12Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

Matthew Henry on Acts 24:11-22

Paul's Third Defence. 10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: 11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: 13 Neither can they prove the… Read the whole commentary →

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