Bible Cross References
have
Acts 24:21
except for the one thing I called out when I stood before them: 'I am being tried by you today for believing that the dead will rise to life.' "
Acts 26:6
And now I stand here to be tried because of the hope I have in the promise that God made to our ancestors---
Acts 26:7
the very thing that the twelve tribes of our people hope to receive, as they worship God day and night. And it is because of this hope, Your Majesty, that I am being accused by these Jews!
Acts 28:20-31
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That is why I asked to see you and talk with you. As a matter of fact, I am bound in chains like this for the sake of him for whom the people of Israel hope."
21
They said to him, "We have not received any letters from Judea about you, nor have any of our people come from there with any news or anything bad to say about you.
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But we would like to hear your ideas, because we know that everywhere people speak against this party to which you belong."
23
So they set a date with Paul, and a large number of them came that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning till night he explained to them his message about the Kingdom of God, and he tried to convince them about Jesus by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets.
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Some of them were convinced by his words, but others would not believe.
25
So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had said this one thing: "How well the Holy Spirit spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors!
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For he said, 'Go and say to this people: You will listen and listen, but not understand; you will look and look, but not see,
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because this people's minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.' "
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And Paul concluded: "You are to know, then, that God's message of salvation has been sent to the Gentiles. They will listen!"
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For two years Paul lived in a place he rented for himself, and there he welcomed all who came to see him.
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He preached about the Kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ, speaking with all boldness and freedom.
that
Acts 23:6-8
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When Paul saw that some of the group were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, "Fellow Israelites! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. I am on trial here because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to life!"
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As soon as he said this, the Pharisees and Sadducees started to quarrel, and the group was divided.
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(For the Sadducees say that people will not rise from death and that there are no angels or spirits; but the Pharisees believe in all three.)
Job 19:25
But I know there is someone in heaven who will come at last to my defense.
Job 19:26
Even after my skin is eaten by disease, while still in this body I will see God.
Daniel 12:2
Many of those who have already died will live again: some will enjoy eternal life, and some will suffer eternal disgrace.
Matthew 22:31
Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven't you ever read what God has told you? He said,
Matthew 22:32
'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is the God of the living, not of the dead."
John 5:28
Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice
John 5:29
and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.
1 Corinthians 15:12-27
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Now, since our message is that Christ has been raised from death, how can some of you say that the dead will not be raised to life?
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If that is true, it means that Christ was not raised;
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and if Christ has not been raised from death, then we have nothing to preach and you have nothing to believe.
15
More than that, we are shown to be lying about God, because we said that he raised Christ from death---but if it is true that the dead are not raised to life, then he did not raise Christ.
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For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised.
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And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is a delusion and you are still lost in your sins.
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It would also mean that the believers in Christ who have died are lost.
19
If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more, then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world.
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But the truth is that Christ has been raised from death, as the guarantee that those who sleep in death will also be raised.
21
For just as death came by means of a man, in the same way the rising from death comes by means of a man.
22
For just as all people die because of their union with Adam, in the same way all will be raised to life because of their union with Christ.
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But each one will be raised in proper order: Christ, first of all; then, at the time of his coming, those who belong to him.
24
Then the end will come; Christ will overcome all spiritual rulers, authorities, and powers, and will hand over the Kingdom to God the Father.
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For Christ must rule until God defeats all enemies and puts them under his feet.
26
The last enemy to be defeated will be death.
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For the scripture says, "God put all things under his feet." It is clear, of course, that the words "all things" do not include God himself, who puts all things under Christ.
Philippians 3:21
He will change our weak mortal bodies and make them like his own glorious body, using that power by which he is able to bring all things under his rule.
1 Thessalonians 4:14-16
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We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will take back with Jesus those who have died believing in him.
15
W_ hat we are teaching you now is the Lord's teaching: we who are alive on the day the Lord comes will not go ahead of those who have died.
16
There will be the shout of command, the archangel's voice, the sound of God's trumpet, and the Lord himself will come down from heaven. Those who have died believing in Christ will rise to life first;
Revelation 20:6
Happy and greatly blessed are those who are included in this first raising of the dead. The second death has no power over them; they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and they will rule with him for a thousand years.
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing before the throne. Books were opened, and then another book was opened, the book of the living. The dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.
Revelation 20:13
Then the sea gave up its dead. Death and the world of the dead also gave up the dead they held. And all were judged according to what they had done.