therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell in hope.

But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

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

having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.

At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him.

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

to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by Jews, O king!

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.

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