Acts 24:15

Acts 24:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
• English Standard Version (ESV)having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.

Context of Acts 24:15

13Neither can they prove the charges they are now making against me. 14But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets. I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous. 16I always strive to have a clear conscience toward God and men. 17After many years, I came to bring charitable gifts and offerings to my people.

Acts 24:15 word by word

ἐλπίδα ἔχων εἰς τὸν θεὸν ἣν καὶ αὐτοὶ οὗτοι προσδέχονται, ἀνάστασιν μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι δικαίων τε καὶ ἀδίκων·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• hopeἐλπίςelpis · hopeG1680
• towardεἰςeis · towardG1519
• Godὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• theyαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• themselvesοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• allowπροσδέχομαιprosdechomai · to wait for/welcomeG4327
• that there shallμέλλωmellō · to ensueG3195
• beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• of the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• bothτεte · and/bothG5037
• of the justδίκαιοςdikaios · justG1342
• unjustἄδικοςadikos · unjustG94

Cross-references for Acts 24:15

• Acts 24:21other than this one statement I shouted while standing among them, ‘Today I am on trial before you concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
• Acts 26:6And now I stand on trial because of the hope in what God promised to our ancestors,
• Acts 28:20For this reason I’ve asked to see you and speak to you. In fact, it is for the hope of Israel that I’m wearing this chain.”
• Acts 23:6When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!”
• Job 19:25But I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the end he will stand on the dust.
• Daniel 12:2Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.
• Matthew 22:31Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God:
• John 5:28Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear his voice
• 1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say, “There is no resurrection of the dead”?
• Philippians 3:21He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of his glorious body, by the power that enables him to subject everything to himself.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
• Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

Commentaries on Acts 24:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And have hope toward God, etc. - I not only do not hold any thing by which the general creed of this people might be altered, in reference to the present state; but, also, I hold nothing different from their belief in reference to a future state; for, if I maintain the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, it is what themselves allow.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15And have hope toward God - Having a hope of the resurrection of the dead, which arises from the promises of God. Which they themselves … - That is, the Pharisees. Perhaps he designated in this remark the Pharisees who were present. He held nothing in this great cardinal point which they did not also hold. For the reasons why he introduced this point so prominently, and the success of thus introducing it, see the notes on Acts 23:1-9. Both of the just and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-21Verses 10-21 Paul gives a just account of himself, which clears him from crime, and likewise shows the true reason of the violence against him. Let us never be driven from any good way by its having an ill name. It is very comfortable, in worshipping God, to look to him as the God of our fathers, and to set up no other rule of faith or practice but the Scriptures. This shows there will be a resurrection to a final judgment. Prophets and their doctrines…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15At the final judgment (the time when God judges all people), God will raise both the righteous (those who follow him) and the unrighteous (those who do not). Paul kept this coming meeting with God in mind at all times (24:16). Felix became afraid when Paul spoke about “the coming judgment” in a later conversation (24:25).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. But this I confess to thee--in which Felix would see no crime. that after the way they call heresy--literally, and better, "a sect." so worship I the God of my fathers--the ancestral God. Two arguments are contained here: (1) Our nation is divided into what they call sects--the sect of the Pharisees, and that of the Sadducees--all the difference between them and me is, that I belong to neither of these, but to another sect, or religious section of…Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 24:15

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• Resurrection
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Commentaries on Acts 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings