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Acts 26:6

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Now I am on trial because I believe the promise God made to our people long ago.

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I am just as sure as these people are that God will raise from death everyone, good or evil.

We are filled with hope, as we wait for the glorious return of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.

I am bound by these chains because of what we people of Israel hope for. This is why I have called you here to talk about this hope of ours.

I tell you that Christ came as a servant of the Jews to show that God has kept the promises he made to their famous ancestors. Christ also came,

When Paul saw that some of the council members were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted, “My friends, I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. I am on trial simply because I believe that the dead will be raised to life.”

The Lord All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.

Bethlehem Ephrath, you are one of the smallest towns in the nation of Judah. But the Lord will choose one of your people to rule the nation— someone whose family goes back to ancient times.

Instead, he will choose one of your own people to be a prophet just like me, and you must do what that prophet says.

I will give you as many descendants as there are stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all of this land. They will be a blessing to every nation on earth,

You have obeyed me, and so you and your descendants will be a blessing to all nations on earth.”

I will bless those who bless you, but I will put a curse on anyone who puts a curse on you. Everyone on earth will be blessed because of you.

But when the time was right, God sent his Son, and a woman gave birth to him. His Son obeyed the Law,

Why should any of you doubt that God raises the dead to life?

The only charge they can bring against me is what I shouted out in court, when I said, “I am on trial today because I believe that the dead will be raised to life!”

Samuel and all the other prophets who came later also spoke about what is now happening.

But for you that honor my name, victory will shine like the sun with healing in its rays, and you will jump around like calves at play.

I, the Lord All-Powerful, will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then suddenly the Lord you are looking for will appear in his temple. The messenger you desire is coming with my promise, and he is on his way.

In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt.

Everyone in Jerusalem, celebrate and shout! Your king has won a victory, and he is coming to you. He is humble and rides on a donkey; he comes on the colt of a donkey.

Tell him that I, the Lord All-Powerful, say, “Someone will reach out from here like a branch and build a temple for me. I will name him ‘Branch,’ and he will rule with royal honors. A priest will stand beside his throne, and the two of them will be good friends.

You will keep your word and be faithful to Jacob and to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors many years ago.

Those the Lord has saved will live on Mount Zion and rule over Edom. Then the kingdom will belong to the Lord.

Then I, the Lord will save everyone who faithfully worships me. I have promised there will be survivors on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and among them will be my chosen ones.

But later, Israel will turn back to the Lord their God and to David their king. At that time they will come to the Lord with fear and trembling, and he will be good to them.

Their king will always come from the family of my servant King David and will care for them like a shepherd. The people of Israel will faithfully obey my laws. They and their descendants will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, just as their ancestors did.

I will leave Jerusalem in complete ruins like no one has ever seen until my chosen one comes to punish this city.

But the Lord will still give you proof. A virgin is pregnant; she will have a son and will name him Immanuel.

The time is coming when the Lord will make his land fruitful and glorious again, and the people of Israel who survive will take great pride in what the land produces.

I will give mighty power to the kingdom of David. Each of my chosen kings will shine like a lamp

You made a solemn promise to David, when you said, “I, the Lord, promise that someone in your family will always be king.

The Lord has shown the nations that he has the power to save and to bring justice.

You will have power and rule until nations obey you and come bringing gifts.

You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel.”




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