Acts 26:23

Modern English Version

that the Christ must suffer, that He would be the first who would rise from the dead, and would announce light to His own people and to the Gentiles.”

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

Isaiah 42:6

I the Lord have called You in righteousness, and will hold Your hand, and will keep You and appoint You for a covenant of the people, for a light of the nations,

Isaiah 49:6

He says, “It is a light thing that you should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make you a light to the nations so that My salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.”

Zechariah 12:10

And I will pour out on the house of David and over those dwelling in Jerusalem a spirit of favor and supplication so that they look to Me, whom they have pierced through. And they will mourn over him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly over him as a firstborn.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and the man of My association,” says the Lord of Hosts. Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will scatter. I will turn My hand against the small ones.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man goes as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

Matthew 27:53

and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the Holy City and appeared to many.

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of Your people Israel.”

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter His glory?”

Luke 24:46

He said to them, “Thus it is written, and accordingly it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

John 10:18

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again. I received this command from My Father.”

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, yet shall he live.

Acts 13:34

That He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken in this way: ‘I will give You the holy and sure blessings of David.’

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

Acts 26:8

Why is it judged incredible by you that God raises the dead?

Acts 3:18

But what God foretold through all the prophets, that His Christ should suffer, He thus fulfilled.

Acts 3:24

“Indeed, all the prophets since Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold these days.

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: how Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that in all things He may have the preeminence.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting for Him, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the author of their salvation complete through suffering.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,