And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in (A)the promise made by God to our fathers,

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15 (A)having (B)a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be (C)a resurrection (D)of both the just and the unjust.

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13 (A)waiting for our blessed (B)hope, the (C)appearing of the glory of our great (D)God and Savior Jesus Christ,

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20 For this reason, therefore, I have asked to see you and speak with you, since it is (A)because of (B)the hope of Israel that I am wearing (C)this (D)chain.”

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Christ the Hope of Jews and Gentiles

For I tell you that Christ (A)became a servant to the circumcised to show God's truthfulness, in order (B)to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,

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Now when Paul perceived that one part were (A)Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, (B)I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is (C)with respect to the (D)hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

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32 And we bring you the good news (A)that what God promised to the fathers, 33 (B)this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,

(C)“‘You are my Son,
    today I have begotten you.’

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The Shepherd Struck

“Awake, O sword, against (A)my shepherd,
    against the man who stands next to me,”
declares the Lord of hosts.

(B)“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
    I will turn my hand against the little ones.

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[a] (A)But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,
    who are too little to be among the clans of (B)Judah,
from you shall come forth for me
    one who is to be (C)ruler in Israel,
(D)whose coming forth is (E)from of old,
    from ancient days.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 5:2 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew

The Son of Man Is Given Dominion

13 “I saw in the night visions,

and (A)behold, with the clouds of heaven
    there came one like a son of man,
and he came to the (B)Ancient of Days
    and was presented before him.
14 (C)And to him was given dominion
    and glory and a kingdom,
that all (D)peoples, nations, and languages
    should serve him;
(E)his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
    which shall not pass away,
and his kingdom one
    that shall not be destroyed.

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(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

25 For I (A)know that my (B)Redeemer lives,
    and at the last he will stand upon the (C)earth.[a]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
    yet in[b] my flesh I shall (D)see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself,
    and my eyes shall behold, and not (E)another.
    My heart (F)faints within me!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:25 Hebrew dust
  2. Job 19:26 Or without

A New Prophet like Moses

15 (A)“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—

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(A)I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And (B)in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,

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18 and (A)in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, (B)because you have obeyed my voice.”

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(A)I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and (B)in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”[a]

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  1. Genesis 12:3 Or by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves

11 inquiring (A)what person or time[a] (B)the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating (C)when he predicted (D)the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. 12 (E)It was revealed to them that (F)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you (G)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, (H)things into which angels long to look.

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  1. 1 Peter 1:11 Or what time or circumstances

But (A)when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, (B)born (C)of woman, born (D)under the law,

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17 This is what I mean: the law, which came (A)430 years afterward, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as (B)to make the promise void. 18 For if the inheritance comes by the law, it no longer comes by promise; but (C)God gave it to Abraham by a promise.

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Why is it thought (A)incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?

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21 other than this one thing (A)that I cried out while standing among them: ‘It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.’”

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24 And (A)all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.

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69 and (A)has raised up (B)a horn of salvation for us
    (C)in the house of his servant David,
70 (D)as (E)he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

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But for you (A)who fear my name, (B)the sun (C)of righteousness shall rise (D)with healing in its wings. You shall go out (E)leaping like calves from the stall.

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(A)“Behold, I send (B)my messenger, and (C)he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord (D)whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and (E)the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

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