Acts 24:15
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.
Acts 24:15 in other translations
| BSB | and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. |
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| WEB | having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. |
| ASV | having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and unjust. |
| YLT | having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous; |
| DARBY | having hope towards God, which they themselves also receive, that there is to be a resurrection both of just and unjust. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | And have hope towards God, which they themselves also allow, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. |
What does Acts 24:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 24:14-15
14-15. 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…
Barnes' Notes
Which they themselves, etc. 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 Paul introduced this point so prominently, and the success of thus introducing it, Acts 23:1, also Acts 23:2-9.
Both the just and unjust. Of the righteous and the wicked; that is, of all the race. As they held this, they could not arraign him for holding it also.
(e) "hope toward God" Acts 23:6, 26:6,7, 28:20 (+) "allow" "admit" (f) "resurrection of the dead" Dan 12:2, Jn 5:28,29, 1Cor 15:12-27 Rev 20:6,13 (++) "unjust" "righteous and unrighteous"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 24:10-21
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…
Acts 24:15 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 24:15
- Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- John 5:28-29
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14-16
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
- Revelation 20:12-13
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
- Job 19:25-26
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
- Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
- Philippians 3:21
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
- 1 Corinthians 15:12-27
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. …
- Matthew 22:31-32
But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
- Acts 23:6-8
But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
- Acts 28:20-31
For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. …
- Acts 26:6-7
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
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Context
- Acts 24:14
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
- Acts 24:15
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.
- Acts 24:16
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Acts 24:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Teniendo esperanza en Dios que ha de haber resurrección de los muertos, así de justos como de injustos, la cual también ellos esperan. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ayant espérance en Dieu, – espérance que ceux-ci nourrissent aussi eux-mêmes, – qu’il y aura une résurrection, tant des justes que des injustes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und die Hoffnung zu Gott habe, welche auch selbst diese annehmen, daß eine Auferstehung sein wird, sowohl der Gerechten als der Ungerechten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | spem habens in Deum, quam et hi ipsi exspectant, resurrectionem futuram justorum et iniquorum. |