Acts 26:23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.’

Cross References

Luke 24:26

Wasn’t it necessary for the Messiah to suffer   these things and enter into his glory? ’

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,  the firstborn from the dead  and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has set us free  from our sins by his blood,

Colossians 1:18

He is also the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.

Hebrews 2:10

For in bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God #– #for whom and through whom all things exist #– #should make the pioneer  of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Zechariah 12:10

‘Then I will pour out a spirit  , of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at  me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I passed on to you  as most important what I also received: that Christ died  for our sins according to the Scriptures,

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles  , and glory to your people Israel.

Zechariah 13:7

Sword, awake against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate – this is the declaration of the  Lord of Armies. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Genesis 3:15

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.

John 10:18

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.’

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes   so that they may turn   from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”

Acts 26:8

Why do any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

Acts 13:34

As to his raising him from the dead, never to return to decay, he has spoken in this way, I will give you the holy and sure promises of David.   ,

Acts 3:18

In this way God fulfilled what he had predicted through all the prophets #– #that his Messiah would suffer.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, ‘I am   the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me,   even if he dies, will live.

Luke 24:46

He also said to them, ‘This is what is written:   The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead the third day,

Matthew 27:53

And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

Isaiah 42:6

‘I am the Lord. I have called you for a righteous purpose,  , and I will hold you by your hand. I will watch over you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 49:6

he says, ‘It is not enough for you to be my servant raising up the tribes of Jacob and restoring the protected ones of Israel. I will also make you a light for the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.’

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him,   but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born.’

Acts 3:24

‘In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also foretold these days.

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case, the god of this age  has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ,  , who is the image of God.