Paul’s hope, as a result of believing the gospel, was of resurrection from the dead, just as Jesus himself had been raised to immortality, and so he declared this to the council. This declaration was received differently by the parties of the council. The Sadducees denied the resurrection, having no hope of life after death, whereas the Pharisees did profess a belief in the resurrection of the dead.
We might have assumed from the words of Jesus that Paul would have been quickly released in order to have the freedom to travel to Rome. In fact, Paul was to endure years in prison before being taken to Rome as a prisoner. These subsequent events illustrate the way in which the divine purpose works out.
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Verses 1-2
Waiting for response for Acts 23:1-2Jesus himself had appeared before this bar of judgment and faced both false accusation and false witness. Paul received the same injustice.