Acts 24:21 - Easy To Read Version I did say one thing when I stood before them: I said, ‘You are judging me today because I believe that people will rise from death!’” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Unless it be this one sentence which I cried out as I stood among them, In regard to the resurrection of the dead I am indicted and on trial before you this day! American Standard Version (1901) except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question before you this day. Common English Bible Perhaps it concerns this one statement that I blurted out when I was with them: ‘I am on trial before you today because of the resurrection of the dead.’” Catholic Public Domain Version For while standing among them, I spoke out solely about this one matter: about the resurrection of the dead. It is about this that I am being judged today by you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Except it be for this one voice only that I cried, standing among them, Concerning the resurrection of the dead am I judged this day by you. |
Some of the men in the meeting were Sadducees {\cf2\super [454]} and some others were Pharisees. {\cf2\super [455]} So Paul had an idea: He shouted to them, “My brothers, I am a Pharisee and my father was a Pharisee! I am on trial here because I hope (believe) that people will rise from death!”
I have the same hope in God that these Jews have—the hope that all people, good and bad, will be raised from death.
That is why I wanted to see you and talk with you. I am bound with this chain because I believe in the hope of Israel. {\cf2\super [526]} ”
They were upset because of what Peter and John were teaching the people. By telling people about Jesus, the two apostles {\cf2\super [65]} were teaching that people will rise from death.