⁴ John came baptizing^[a](A) in the wilderness^(B) and proclaiming a baptism of repentance^(C) for the forgiveness^(D) of sins.^(E)

³¹ Seeing what was to come, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah: He^[a] was not abandoned in Hades, and his flesh did not experience decay.^[b](A)

² because they were annoyed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.^(A)

¹⁸ Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also debated with him. Some said, “What is this ignorant show-off^[a] trying to say?”

Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.^(A)

⁶ When Paul realized that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part were Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees.^(A) I am being judged because of the hope of the resurrection of the dead!” ^(B)

¹⁵ I have a hope in God, which these men themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection,^[a](A) both of the righteous and the unrighteous.^(B)

²³ that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”^(A)