11If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.
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But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: …
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
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.
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.
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)We now heard what the apostle renounced; let us now see what he laid hold on, and resolved to cleave to, namely, Christ and heaven. He had his heart on these two great peculiarities of the Christian religion. I. The apostle had his heart upon Christ as his righteousness. This is illustrated in several instances. 1. He desired to win Christ; and an unspeakable gainer he would reckon himself if he h…
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