23:6 Then when Paul noticed17 that part of them were Sadducees18 and the others Pharisees,19 he shouted out in the council,20 “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection21 of the dead!”
tnGrk “the Sanhedrin” (the Sanhedrin was the highest legal, legislative, and judicial body among the Jews).
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tn That is, concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected. Grk “concerning the hope and resurrection.” BDAG320s.v.ἐλπίς 1.b.α states, “Of Israel’s messianic hope Ac 23:6 (ἐ. καὶ ἀνάστασις for ἐ. τῆς ἀν. [obj. gen] as 2 Macc 3:29ἐ. καὶ σωτηρία).” With an objective genitive construction, the resurrection of the dead would be the “object” of the hope.