Acts 24:15

having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, [that] there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;

Young's Literal Translation

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

14'And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written,

16and in this I do exercise myself, to have a conscience void of offence toward God and men always.

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Cross References

Job 19:25That — I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.

Matthew 22:31'And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

Acts 23:6and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, 'Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee — son of a Pharisee — concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'

Acts 26:6and now for the hope of the promise made to the fathers by God, I have stood judged,

1 Corinthians 15:12And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons?

1 Thessalonians 4:14for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

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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