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

13These men cannot prove the things they accuse me of doing. 14“But I admit that I follow the Way, which they call a cult. I worship the God of our ancestors, and I firmly believe the Jewish law and everything written in the prophets. I have the same hope in God that these men have, that he will raise both the righteous and the unrighteous. 16Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and all people. 17“After several years away, I returned to Jerusalem with money to aid my people and to offer sacrifices to God.

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 24:21except for the one time I shouted out, ‘I am on trial before you today because I believe in the resurrection of the dead!’”
• Acts 26:6Now I am on trial because of my hope in the fulfillment of God’s promise made to our ancestors.
• Acts 28:20I asked you to come here today so we could get acquainted and so I could explain to you that I am bound with this chain because I believe that the hope of Israel—the Messiah—has already come.”
• Acts 23:6Paul realized that some members of the high council were Sadducees and some were Pharisees, so he shouted, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, as were my ancestors! And I am on trial because my hope is in the resurrection of the dead!”
• Job 19:25“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.
• Daniel 12:2Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.
• Matthew 22:31“But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven’t you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,
• John 5:28Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son,
• 1 Corinthians 15:12But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead?
• Philippians 3:21He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
• Revelation 20:6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection. For them the second death holds no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him 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

• Defense
• Faith
• Heresy
• Hope
• Readings, Select
• Resurrection
• Self-Defense
• Zeal, Religious

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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