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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Footnotes

  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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