Acts 26:7
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.
Cross-references
In Acts 26:6, Paul introduces the hope in God's promise — verse 7 then explains that this hope is what the twelve tribes earnestly serve for.
In Acts 24:15, Paul affirms the resurrection of the just and unjust — the same resurrection hope the twelve tribes earnestly serve for.
In Acts 28:20, Paul calls it 'the hope of Israel' — the same hope for which he is bound and the twelve tribes serve.
Luke 2:25 shows Simeon waiting for the 'consolation of Israel' — the same hope the twelve tribes earnestly serve for.
Luke 2:37 says Anna worshiped 'night and day' — the exact phrase used for the tribes' earnest service.
In Philippians 3:11, Paul expresses his own aim to attain resurrection — the same hope for which the twelve tribes serve God night and day.
In Colossians 1:5, the hope laid up in heaven is the gospel's hope — parallel to the resurrection hope the twelve tribes serve for.
In Matthew 19:28, Jesus promises apostles will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes — linking the tribes to God's future kingdom, echoing their hope.
In Luke 22:30, Jesus says apostles will eat at his table and judge the twelve tribes — same eschatological role tied to the tribes' hope.
In Revelation 7:4-8, 144,000 are sealed from every tribe of Israel — the twelve tribes as recipients of God's redemptive plan.