Acts 26:6
And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;
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Acts 26:6
And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;
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Genesis 3:15
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
Genesis 22:18
And your seed will be a blessing to all the nations of the earth, because you have done what I gave you orders to do.
Deuteronomy 18:15
The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;
2 Samuel 7:12
And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.
Psalms 132:11
The Lord gave a true oath to David, which he will not take back, saying, I will give your kingdom to the fruit of your body.
Isaiah 4:2
In that day will the young growth of the Lord be beautiful in glory, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride of those who are still living in Israel.
Ezekiel 21:7
And when they say to you, Why are you making sounds of grief? then say, Because of the news, for it is coming: and every heart will become soft, and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will be burning low, and all knees will be turned to water: see, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks have been fixed for your people and your holy town, to let wrongdoing be complete and sin come to its full limit, and for the clearing away of evil-doing and the coming in of eternal righteousness: so that the vision and the word of the prophet may be stamped as true, and to put the holy oil on a most holy place.
Malachi 3:1
See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
Acts 3:18
But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.
Acts 3:21
Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.
Acts 3:22
For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.
Acts 3:23
And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.
Acts 3:24
And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.
Acts 13:23
From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;
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Genesis 15:12
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
Job 4:13
In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,
Ezekiel 2:2
And at his words the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and his voice came to my ears.
Daniel 8:18
Now while he was talking to me, I went into a deep sleep with my face to the earth: but touching me, he put me on my feet where I had been.
Daniel 10:10
Then a hand gave me a touch, awaking me, and putting me on my knees and my hands.
Daniel 10:16
Then one whose form was like the sons of men put his finger on my lips; and opening my mouth, I said to him who was before me, O my lord, because of the vision my pains have come on me, and I have no more strength.
Daniel 10:18
Then again one having the form of a man put his hand on me and gave me strength.
Zechariah 4:1
And the angel who was talking to me came again, awaking me as a man out of his sleep.
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Numbers 7:87
All the oxen, for the burned offering were twelve, the male sheep twelve, the he-lambs of the first year twelve, with their meal offering; and the males of the goats for sin-offering twelve;
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Psalms 44:22
Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
Matthew 5:10
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
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Zechariah 10:5
Together they will be like men of war, crushing down their haters into the earth of the streets in the fight; they will make war because the Lord is with them: and the horsemen will be shamed.
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Matthew 25:33
And he will put the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left.
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Luke 2:25
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Luke 2:38
And coming up at that time, she gave praise to God, talking of him to all those who were waiting for the freeing of Jerusalem.
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Acts 4:2
Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.
Acts 17:18
And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.
Acts 17:32
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
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Acts 12:21
And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.
Acts 25:8
Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.
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Acts 13:16
And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.
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Acts 13:30
But God gave him back from the dead:
Acts 13:35
Because he says in another Psalm, You will not let your Holy One see destruction.
Acts 13:36
Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:
Acts 13:37
But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.
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Acts 15:5
But some of the Pharisees, who were of the faith, got up and said, It is necessary for these to have circumcision and to keep the law of Moses.
Acts 21:20
And hearing it, they gave praise to God; and they said to him, You see, brother, what thousands there are among the Jews, who have the faith; and they all have a great respect for the law:
Philippians 3:5
Being given circumcision on the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in relation to the law, a Pharisee:
Philippians 3:6
In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.
Philippians 3:7
But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ.
Philippians 3:8
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
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Acts 17:2
And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,
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Acts 22:2
And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,
Acts 22:8
And I, answering, said, Who are you; Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are attacking.
Acts 22:9
And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.
Acts 22:10
And I said, What have I to do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.
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1 Kings 18:31
And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said, Go without fear: for he is a special vessel for me, to give to the Gentiles and kings and to the children of Israel the knowledge of my name:
Acts 22:7
And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
Acts 22:14
And he said, You have been marked out by the God of our fathers to have knowledge of his purpose, and to see the Upright One and to give ear to the words of his mouth.
Acts 26:12
Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,
Acts 26:14
And when we had all gone down on the earth, a voice came to me, saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly? It is hard for you to go against the impulse which is driving you.
Acts 26:15
And I said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are attacking.
Acts 26:16
But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
Acts 26:17
And I will keep you safe from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,
Acts 26:18
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, an Apostle by the selection of God, given authority as a preacher of the good news,
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.
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Matthew 10:18
And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.
Acts 22:30
But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.
Acts 25:22
And Agrippa said to Festus, I have a desire to give the man a hearing myself. Tomorrow, he said, you may give him a hearing.
Acts 25:23
So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.
Acts 25:24
And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.
Acts 25:25
But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.
Acts 25:26
But I have no certain account of him to send to Caesar. So I have sent for him to come before you, and specially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the business has been gone into, I may have something to put in writing.
Acts 25:27
For it seems to me against reason to send a prisoner without making clear what there is against him.
Acts 26:3
The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.
Acts 27:24
Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord was by my side and gave me strength; so that through me the news might be given out in full measure, and all the Gentiles might give ear: and I was taken out of the mouth of the lion.
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Acts 28:10
Then they gave us great honour, and, when we went away, they put into the ship whatever things we were in need of.
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Acts 28:16
And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.
Acts 28:21
And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.
Acts 28:22
But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.
Acts 28:24
And some were in agreement with what he said, but some had doubts.
Acts 28:25
And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,
Acts 28:26
Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:
Acts 28:27
For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
Acts 28:28
Be certain, then, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they will give hearing.
Acts 28:30
And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,
Acts 28:31
Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.
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Zechariah 9:12
And they will come back to you, O daughter of Zion, as prisoners of hope: today I say to you that I will give you back twice as much;
Romans 5:2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 13:13
But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
Galatians 5:5
For we through the Spirit by faith are waiting for the hope of righteousness.
Colossians 1:5
Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,
Colossians 1:23
If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
Colossians 1:27
To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Titus 2:13
Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Hebrews 7:19
(Because the law made nothing complete), and in its place there is a better hope, through which we come near to God.
2 Peter 1:4
And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
1 John 3:3
And everyone who has this hope in him makes himself holy, even as he is holy.
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Job 19:26
And...without my flesh I will see God;
Luke 24:46
And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;
Acts 2:39
For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.
Acts 4:12
And in no other is there salvation: for there is no other name under heaven, given among men, through which we may have salvation.
Romans 8:20
For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope
Romans 15:8
Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,
Galatians 3:22
However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.
Ephesians 2:12
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;
Titus 1:2
In the hope of eternal life, which was made certain before eternal time, by the word of God who is ever true;
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.
Hebrews 11:39
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
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1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.
Ephesians 1:12
So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:
Ephesians 1:19
And how unlimited is his power to us who have faith, as is seen in the working of the strength of his power,
Hebrews 13:21
Make you full of every good work and ready to do all his desires, working in us whatever is pleasing in his eyes through Jesus Christ; and may the glory be given to him for ever and ever. So be it.
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