Acts 26:6

New Living Translation

Now I am on trial because of my hope in the fulfillment of God’s promise made to our ancestors.

Cross References

Genesis 12:3

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 22:18

And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed—all because you have obeyed me.”

Genesis 26:4

I will cause your descendants to become as numerous as the stars of the sky, and I will give them all these lands. And through your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

Genesis 3:15

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

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants, until the coming of the one to whom it belongs, the one whom all nations will honor.

Psalm 132:11

The Lord swore an oath to David with a promise he will never take back: “I will place one of your descendants on your throne.

Psalm 132:17

Here I will increase the power of David; my anointed one will be a light for my people.

Psalm 98:2

The Lord has announced his victory and has revealed his righteousness to every nation!

Isaiah 4:2

But in that day, the branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious; the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of all who survive in Israel.

Isaiah 7:14

All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

Ezekiel 21:27

Destruction! Destruction! I will surely destroy the kingdom. And it will not be restored until the one appears who has the right to judge it. Then I will hand it over to him.

Ezekiel 37:24

“My servant David will be their king, and they will have only one shepherd. They will obey my regulations and be careful to keep my decrees.

Hosea 3:5

But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king. In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.

Joel 2:32

But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, for some on Mount Zion in Jerusalem will escape, just as the Lord has said. These will be among the survivors whom the Lord has called.

Obadiah 1:21

Those who have been rescued will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem to rule over the mountains of Edom. And the Lord himself will be king!”

Micah 5:2

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.

Micah 7:20

You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago.

Zechariah 13:1

“On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.

Zechariah 13:7

“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, the man who is my partner,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “Strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn against the lambs.

Zechariah 6:12

Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Here is the man called the Branch. He will branch out from where he is and build the Temple of the Lord.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.

Malachi 3:1

“Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

Malachi 4:2

“But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.

Acts 23:6

Paul realized that some members of the high council were Sadducees and some were Pharisees, so he shouted, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, as were my ancestors! And I am on trial because my hope is in the resurrection of the dead!”

Acts 24:15

I have the same hope in God that these men have, that he will raise both the righteous and the unrighteous.

Acts 24:21

except for the one time I shouted out, ‘I am on trial before you today because I believe in the resurrection of the dead!’”

Acts 26:8

Why does it seem incredible to any of you that God can raise the dead?

Acts 28:20

I asked you to come here today so we could get acquainted and so I could explain to you that I am bound with this chain because I believe that the hope of Israel—the Messiah—has already come.”

Acts 3:24

“Starting with Samuel, every prophet spoke about what is happening today.

Romans 15:8

Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors.

Galatians 4:4

But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.

Deuteronomy 18:15

Moses continued, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.

Titus 2:13

while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed.