Acts 26:8

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Summary

Acts 26:8

Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?

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being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

God raised Him [to life] on the third day and caused Him to be plainly seen,

But God raised Him from the dead;

because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

instead they had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about one Jesus, a man who had died, but whom Paul kept asserting and insisting [over and over] to be alive.

Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son.”

But Jesus replied to them, “You are all wrong because you know neither the Scriptures [which teach the resurrection] nor the power of God [for He is able to raise the dead].

For with God nothing [is or ever] shall be impossible.”

But He said, “The things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”

Do not be surprised at this; for a time is coming when all those who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body.