Acts 26:6

Acts 26:6. And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers. In other words, Paul said: ‘I, who am well known as one trained in the severe and rigid Pharisee school, stand accused, because I press home to men the hope of the resurrection, in which hope the Pharisees themselves share a hope which is taught in the sacred Scriptures, which record the promise made to our fathers a hope which the temple services, which cease not day nor night, symbolise and ever keep in mind.' The hope of the promise made of God unto the Fathers included more than the expectation of a Divine Messiah; it embraced the hope of a resurrection and of a future glorified life.