Verse 6
But 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.
Referenced Verses
- Acts 24:15 : 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.
- Acts 24:21 : 21 But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.
- Acts 26:5-8 : 5 And they are able to say, if they would give witness, that I was living as a Pharisee, in that division of our religion which is most regular in the keeping of the law. 6 And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers; 7 For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king! 8 Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?
- Phil 3:5 : 5 Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:
- Acts 28:20 : 20 But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.
- Matt 10:16 : 16 See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
- Matt 22:23 : 23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,
- Acts 22:5 : 5 Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.