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Act 23:6 — But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Paul		Mat 10:16
I am		Act 26:5; Phl 3:5
of the hope		Act 24:15,21; Act 26:6-8; Act 28:20

Correlating Passages

Paul

Mat 10:16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

I am

	Act 26:5	Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
	Phl 3:5	Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, [of] the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;

of the hope

	Act 24:15	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.
	Act 24:21	Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
	Act 26:6	And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
	Act 26:7	Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly serving [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
	Act 26:8	Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
	Act 28:20	For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see [you], and to speak with [you]: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.

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