Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Acts 26:8 in English Standard Version "Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?" Ac 17:3 explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.” 1Co 15:12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?