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Acts 24:15

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24:15I have50 a hope in God (a hope51 that52 these men53 themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.54

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Footnotes

  1. 50 Grk “having.” The participle ἔχων (echōn) has been translated as a finite verb and a new sentence begun at this point in the translation because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence.
  2. 51 This mention of Paul’s hope sets up his appeal to the resurrection of the dead. At this point Paul was ignoring the internal Jewish dispute between the Pharisees (to which he had belonged) and the Sadducees (who denied there would be a resurrection of the dead).
  3. 52 Grk “a hope in God (which these [men] themselves accept too).” Because the antecedent of the relative pronoun “which” is somewhat unclear in English, the words “a hope” have been repeated at the beginning of the parenthesis for clarity.
  4. 53 Grk “that they”; the referent (these men, Paul’s accusers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  5. 54 Or “the unjust.” This is the only mention of the resurrection of the unrighteous in Acts. The idea parallels the idea of Jesus as the judge of both the living and the dead (Acts 10:42; 17:31).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and I have the same hope in God as these men themselves have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection, both of the righteous and the unrighteous.

NLTNew Living Translation

I have the same hope in God that these men have, that he will raise both the righteous and the unrighteous.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

having a hope in God which these men also themselves await: that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.

KJV 1900King James Version

And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.