Acts 26:8

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Why is it considered unbelievable by you that God raises the dead?

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  • Acts 4:2 : 2 They were greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
  • Acts 10:40-42 : 40 but God raised Him up on the third day and allowed Him to be seen— 41 not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. 42 He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead.
  • Acts 13:30-31 : 30 But God raised Him from the dead. 31 He appeared for many days to those who had come up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people.
  • Acts 17:31-32 : 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead. 32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock, but others said, 'We want to hear you again on this matter.'
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 Aware that one group was Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul called out in the council, 'Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees! I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead.'
  • Acts 25:19 : 19 Instead, they had some matters of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul claimed to be alive.
  • 1 Cor 15:12-20 : 12 Now 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? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless, and so is your faith. 15 Furthermore, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
  • Phil 3:21 : 21 who will transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body, through the power that enables him to bring everything under his control.
  • Gen 18:14 : 14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son.
  • Luke 18:27 : 27 Jesus replied, 'What is impossible with man is possible with God.'
  • John 5:28-29 : 28 Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice. 29 And they will come out: those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
  • Matt 22:29-32 : 29 Jesus answered them, 'You are mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.' 31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you: 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.'
  • Luke 1:37 : 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.

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  • Acts 13:30
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    30But God raised Him from the dead.

  • Acts 24:15
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    15I have the same hope in God as they do, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

  • Acts 24:21
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    21Unless it was for this one statement I made while standing among them: 'It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am being judged before you today.'

  • Acts 17:31-32
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    31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.

    32When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock, but others said, 'We want to hear you again on this matter.'

  • 1 Cor 15:12
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    12Now 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?

  • Acts 13:37
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    37But He whom God raised did not see decay.

  • John 5:28
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    28Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice.

  • 1 Cor 15:15-16
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    15Furthermore, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

    16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

  • Acts 26:27
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    27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.

  • Acts 25:19
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    19Instead, they had some matters of dispute with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul claimed to be alive.

  • Acts 2:24
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    24But God raised Him from the dead, freeing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on Him.

  • 1 Pet 1:21
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    21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • Acts 2:32
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    32This Jesus God has raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.

  • Matt 22:31
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    31And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35But someone will ask, 'How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?'

  • Acts 26:23
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    23that the Messiah must suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the light of the gospel to our people and to the Gentiles.

  • Rom 4:24
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    24but also for us, to whom it will be credited—to those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

  • Mark 12:26-27
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    26Regarding the dead being raised—have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

    27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are greatly mistaken.

  • Acts 4:10
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    10'let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.'

  • Acts 10:40-42
    3 verses
    69%

    40but God raised Him up on the third day and allowed Him to be seen—

    41not by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

    42He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the one appointed by God to be the judge of the living and the dead.

  • Acts 26:9
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    9Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

  • Acts 3:15
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    15You killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

  • Acts 26:6-7
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    6And now I stand here on trial because of the hope in the promise God made to our ancestors.

    7This is the promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. It is for this hope, King Agrippa, that I am accused by the Jews.

  • Rom 8:11
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    11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.

  • 1 Pet 4:5-6
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    5But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

    6For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they may be judged according to human standards in the body but live according to God in the spirit.

  • Acts 17:3
    68%

    3He explained and presented evidence that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, 'This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.'

  • Luke 20:37-38
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    37Even Moses showed that the dead are raised, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

    38He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for to him all are alive.

  • Acts 26:19
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    19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

  • Phil 3:11
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    11and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

  • Acts 5:30
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    30The God of our ancestors raised up Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

  • 1 Cor 15:29
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    29Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

  • John 11:25-26
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    68%

    25Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.'

    26'And everyone who lives and believes in me will never die forever. Do you believe this?'

  • 2 Cor 4:14
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    14We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.

  • Rom 10:7
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    7or, “‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

  • Ps 88:10
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    10My eyes are wasted from sorrow; I call upon you, LORD, every day; I stretch out my hands to you.

  • 1 Cor 6:14
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    14God has both raised the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.

  • Rom 4:17
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    17As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.

  • 1 Thess 4:14
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    14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.

  • Acts 2:22
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    22Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did through Him among you, as you yourselves know—

  • Luke 18:27
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    27Jesus replied, 'What is impossible with man is possible with God.'

  • Rom 6:8
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    8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.