Acts 26:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

Christ

Luke 18:31

Luke 24:26

1 Corinthians 15:3

The first

And should

Acts 26:18

Luke 2:32

Bible References

Christ

Gathering the Twelve round him, Jesus said to them: "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem; and there everything that is written in the Prophets will be done to the Son of Man.

Was not the Christ bound to undergo this suffering before entering upon his Glory?"

For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold),

The first

Why do you all hold it incredible that God should raise the dead?

He, I say, in accordance with God's definite plan and with his previous knowledge, was betrayed, and you, by the hands of lawless men, nailed him to a cross and put him to death.

As to his raising Jesus from the dead, never again to return to corruption, this is what is said--'I will give to you the sacred promises made to David;'

And they, leaving their tombs, went, after the resurrection of Jesus, into the Holy City, and appeared to many people.

No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father."

"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus. "He that believes in me shall live, though he die;

But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.

And he is the Head of the Church, which is his Body. The First-born from the dead, he is to the Church the Source of its Life, that he, in all things, may stand first.

and from Jesus Christ, ' the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead, and the Ruler of all the Kings of the earth.' To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood--

And should

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God's People, by faith in me.'

A Light to bring light to the Gentiles, And to be the Glory of thy people Israel."