Quotes about Hope
When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
— Acts 16:19
When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
— Acts 16:27
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
— Acts 16:30
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
— Acts 17:32
Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
— Acts 23:6
and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
— Acts 24:15
In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.
— Acts 24:16
unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
— Acts 24:21
At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.
— Acts 24:26
And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
— Acts 26:6
the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
— Acts 26:7
that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
— Acts 26:23