Acts 26:23

New American Bible - revised edition

that the Messiah must suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.” Reactions to Paul’s Speech.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; They will strike at your head, while you strike at their heel.

Isaiah 42:6

I, the Lord, have called you for justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations,

Isaiah 49:6

It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and restore the survivors of Israel; I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

Zechariah 12:10

I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of mercy and supplication, so that when they look on him whom they have thrust through, they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and they will grieve for him as one grieves over a firstborn. Catalogue of Mourners.

Zechariah 13:7

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the one who is my associate —oracle of the Lord of hosts. Strike the shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the little ones.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.”

Matthew 27:53

And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many.

Luke 2:32

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

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer these things and enter into his glory?”

Luke 24:46

And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day

John 10:18

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”

John 11:25

Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,

Acts 13:34

And that he raised him from the dead never to return to corruption he declared in this way, ‘I shall give you the benefits assured to David.’

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may obtain forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been consecrated by faith in me.’

Acts 26:8

Why is it thought unbelievable among you that God raises the dead?

Acts 3:18

but God has thus brought to fulfillment what he had announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.

Acts 3:24

Moreover, all the prophets who spoke, from Samuel and those afterwards, also announced these days.

1 Corinthians 15:3

For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures;

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whose case the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they may not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Colossians 1:18

He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.

Hebrews 2:10

For it was fitting that he, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering.

Revelation 1:5

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