Acts 24:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“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.”

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BSBPD

“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, <FI>that<Fi> there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Acts 24:15 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
  2. Daniel 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  3. Matthew 22:31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
  4. John 5:28Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
  5. Acts 23:6Then 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.”
  6. Acts 24:21unless 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.’”
  7. Acts 26:6And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
  8. Acts 28:20So 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.”
  9. 1 Corinthians 15:12But 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?
  10. Philippians 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
  11. 1 Thessalonians 4:14For 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.
  12. Revelation 20:6Blessed 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.
  13. Revelation 20:12And 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.

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