Hope of the promise

With reference to Acts 23:6—But, we will let the apostle state his own words. When he stood before Ananias, the high priest, and the council of the Jews, he cried out, "on account of the hope, and resurrection of dead persons (NEKRON) I am called in question" (Acts 23:6). But, it may be asked here, "Concerning what hope was the question between Paul and his persecutors about?" He tell us in his defence before Agrippa; "I stand and am judged," say he, "for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers: unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews" (Acts 26:6, 7). 

1 -- That God had made a certain promise to the fathers of Israel;

2 -- That this promise became the hope of the nation, and was therefore a national question;

3 -- That this promise had been the hope of the twelve tribes in all their generations; was the ground of their worship; and that they hoped to attain to it by rising from the dead.