Acts 26:7

Good News Translation (US Version)

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!

Cross References

James 1:1

From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: Greetings to all God's people scattered over the whole world.

1 Timothy 5:5

A widow who is all alone, with no one to take care of her, has placed her hope in God and continues to pray and ask him for his help night and day.

1 Thessalonians 3:10

Day and night we ask him with all our heart to let us see you personally and supply what is needed in your faith.

Philippians 3:11

in the hope that I myself will be raised from death to life.

Luke 22:30

You will eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and you will sit on thrones to rule over the twelve tribes of Israel.

Matthew 19:28

Jesus said to them, “You can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

Ezra 6:17

For the dedication they offered 100 bulls, 200 sheep, and 400 lambs as sacrifices, and 12 goats as offerings for sin, one for each tribe of Israel.

Acts 26:2

“King Agrippa! I consider myself fortunate that today I am to defend myself before you from all the things these Jews accuse me of,

Acts 20:31

Watch, then, and remember that with many tears, day and night, I taught every one of you for three years.

Luke 2:25

At that time there was a man named Simeon living in Jerusalem. He was a good, God-fearing man and was waiting for Israel to be saved. The Holy Spirit was with him

Psalm 135:2

who stand in the Lord's house, in the Temple of our God.

Ezra 8:35

All those who had returned from exile then brought offerings to be burned as sacrifices to the God of Israel. They offered 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, and 77 lambs; they also offered 12 goats to purify themselves from sin. All these animals were burned as sacrifices to the Lord.

Acts 24:15

I have the same hope in God that these themselves have, namely, that all people, both the good and the bad, will rise from death.

Acts 26:3

particularly since you know so well all the Jewish customs and disputes. I ask you, then, to listen to me with patience.

Acts 28:20

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.”