Acts 24:15

and I have a hope that rests in God – a hope which they also cherish – that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.

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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

14This, however, I do acknowledge to you, that it is as a believer in the Way which they call heretical, that I worship the God of my ancestors. At the same time, I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the prophets;

16This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and people.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:31As to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read these words of God –

Acts 23:6Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial.”

Acts 26:6Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial –

1 Corinthians 15:12Now, if it is proclaimed of Christ that he has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

1 Thessalonians 4:14For, as we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring, with Jesus, those who through him have passed to their rest.

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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