The resurrection of the dead (2)

Every Pharisee in Israel at the time would have loudly reaffirmed his belief in the resurrection of the dead. Not one of them would have said that it was "a thing incredible ". Their animosity toward Paul was aroused by his teaching that the God of Israel had raised Jesus from the dead.

It was more than the religious rulers of Israel could tolerate they had hated Jesus and persecuted him unto death. They professed to believe that he was an outcast from divine favor. They considered him to be a blasphemer of God.
Certainly, their God, the great God of Israel, would not raise a blasphemer from the dead. With them, as it often happens, it was a case of one erroneous viewpoint leading to another; and the jealousy and hatred in their heart had lad them from one degree of darkness to another until they had become completely blind.

The Pharisees believed in the resurrection of the dead; as Peter discovered, they were unwilling to accept the fact that Jesus had been raised from the dead and that through him all would be resurrected. when Peter preached his sermon on" restitution "and declared that it had been foretold by all Gods holy prophets since the world began, the religious rulers and Sadducees were grieved that he preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

Beloved, there is a resurrection for all who believed in the son of God.