Questions tagged [resurrection]
Resurrection is the return to life of a being after death. In Biblical studies it is often associated either with the end of the age or with Jesus.
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Who first gave Mary Magdalene the joy that Jesus was risen, an angel (Matthew) or Jesus (John)?
In Matthew 28:1, 5-6, 8, an angelic message brought joy to Mary Magdalene by informing her that Jesus rose (NKJV, emphasis added):
Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, ...
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Which specific scripture does John 20:9 refer to?
John 20:9 says:
YLT: for not yet did they know the Writing, that it behoveth him out of the dead to rise again.
NKJV: For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead....
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How to reconcile John 20:9 vs Matthew 16:21? "They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead"
In John's Gospel, after receiving Magdalene's report, the disciples are surprised when they reach the Empty Tomb because "They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from ...
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How do we reconcile Isaiah 65:23 with Matthew 22:30? [closed]
“They shall not labor in vain, Nor bring forth children for trouble; For they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, And their offspring with them.”
Isaiah 65:23
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What does Paul mean by “appeared” in 1 Corinthians 15?
In 1 Corinthians 15, we see the famous early Christian creed:
“and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at ...
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Are eyewitness testimonies a reliable source of evidence according to Mark 16:14?
Mark 16:14 (ESV):
14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those ...
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Can seeing someone rise from the dead produce genuine belief (John 11:38-45) or not (Luke 16:30-31)?
John 11:38-45 (ESV)
38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to ...
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How should John 10:17-18 be understood? lambanō λαμβάνω: "Take or Receive" life back again?
How should John 10:17-18 be understood?
For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it back. 18 No one has taken it away from me, but I lay it down on my own. I ...
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Is 1 Corinthians 15:50 applicable to the pre-resurrection body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 15:50,53
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
53 For this perishable body must put on the ...
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Does the "body" of Romans 8:10 describe the same "the body" of Romans 6:6 & Colossians 2:11?
Is the striking body language of Romans 6:6...
6 We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to ...
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Romans 6:10 and Jesus's relationship with God and Sin
I find Romans 6:10 quite provocative:
Romans 6:10
for in that he died [past,prior to resurrection], to the sin he died once,
and in that he liveth [present,post resurrection], he liveth to God;
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What is the connection between "I am the resurrection and life, whoever believes in me will live" and Martha's "You are the Christ, the Son of God"?
After Lazarus has died, there is this exchange in John 11 between Jesus and Martha (John 11:21-27).
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would
not have died. 22 But even ...
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Is the resurrection taught in the Old Testament?
Luke 20:27 (NKJV) says:
Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
It says they didn't believe in the resurrection. Is this true?
Is the ...
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Is John 6:44 a necessary and/or sufficient condition for salvation?
John 6:44 (ESV)
44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
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Necessary Condition. What happens with someone who is never ...
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Do John 3:1-8 ("born from above") and 1 Corinthians 15:39-54 ("the rising again of the dead") refer to the same event?
John 3:1-8 (YLT)
And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews,
2 this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come -...
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Does Isaiah 66:24 in Hebrew showcase the reality of the bodies of the Resurrected Unsaved?
Let’s lay out the Context of the future New Heavens & Earth:
“For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall
remain before Me,” says the Lord, “So shall your descendants and ...
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Can the departed spirits / Rephaim rise (Isaiah 14:9) or not (Psalm 88:10, Isaiah 26:14)?
According to Isaiah 14:9, they can:
Sheol below is excited about you, to meet you when you come;
It stirs the spirits of the dead (Or shades (Heb Repha’im)) for you, all the leaders of the earth;
It ...
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In Romans chapter 6, what does Paul mean by "death"? Biological death? Spiritual death? Some figurative meaning of death? All of them?
Romans 6 (ESV):
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been ...
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What does it mean that Jesus is "Lord both of the dead and of the living" (Romans 14:9)?
Romans 14:7-9 (ESV):
7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether ...
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When was Jesus made alive in the spirit? 1 Peter 3:18
1 Peter 3:17-22 (ESV):
17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, ...
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Can Job 14:12 be interpreted as an eschatological statement about a future resurrection of the dead?
Job 14:12 (ESV):
so a man lies down and rises not again; till the heavens are no more he will not awake or be roused out of his sleep.
Did Job imply that there would be an eschatological/apocalyptic ...
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Do 1 Thess. 4:16-17 (coming of the Lord in the air with His "caught up" saints) & Rev 6:9-11 (during the 5th seal) describe the same event?
From 1 Thess. 4:
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in
Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which ...
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Does Rev 20:12-13 allude to a third resurrection?
Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them. 12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. ...
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Would 2 Timothy 2:16-18 suggest that full preterism is a salvation issue?
In the Bible, some questions seem to allow for differing positions (see Romans 14). However, does 2 Timothy 2:16-18 suggest that whether the resurrection has already happened isn't one of them? Is it ...
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Does Acts 1:21-26 teach that one of the requirements to be an apostle is to have witnessed the resurrection of Jesus?
Acts 1:21-26 (ESV):
21 So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, 22 beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was ...
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Why did the women need to prepare spices when Nicodemus and Joseph had already wrapped a 100 pounds of spices into the linen they wrapped Jesus in? [duplicate]
The Gospels state that the women who accompanied Jesus to Jerusalem from Galilee saw Joseph and Nicodemus (Luke 23:50-56 and John 19:38-42) not only entomb the body of Jesus but saw them wrap Jesus in ...
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Why did Paul claim the Sciptures (Old Testament) told about Jesus rising from the dead on the third day? See I Corinthians 15:3-4 [duplicate]
In I Corinthians 15:3-4 Paul is reciting a creed from the early Church and it mentions Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead according to the Scriptures. At the time this creed was ...
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Does the lost's "resurrection to judgment" (Jn. 5:28-29) imply any sort of bodily resurrection at all?
In the Gospel of John, Christ tells us the following:
John 5:28-29: “Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29and will come forth; those ...
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How can we prove or otherwise that some of the dead rose from their tombs at the point of Jesus' death? [Mt 27:52] [duplicate]
When Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, He yielded up His spirit. At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. The tombs ...
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Christ, First fruits or Christ the firstfruits
DARBY translated v.23 as:
But each in his own rank: [the] first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming. (DARBY 1Co 15.23)
What is the correct Translation of this Scripture
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In Matthew 16:28, was Jesus promising that he would return in the time of his followers? [duplicate]
Well, sorry if my question is dumb, but I'd like to know if my question is true or it's more a question of interpretation. Anyway, if it's true how would this impact on the rest of New Testament?
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What did Martha most likely mean by "the last day" in John 11:24?
John 11:22-27 (ESV):
22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise ...
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Why did Jesus not appear after resurrection to the Pharisees and Scribes?
Came across this verse that seems to point to why Jesus did not(was not to) show himself to the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law. But then I have this question, why did Jesus say this? Did he not ...
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Are Paul (1 Cor 15:52) and Jesus (Matt 24:29-31) describing the same event, and if so, when will/did this happen?
In Matthew 24:29-31, Jesus describes what is commonly known as the "The Coming of the Son of Man":
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon ...
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Does "asleep" in 1 Corinthians 15 mean that the dead are unconscious prior to the resurrection?
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The New Testament regularly refers to the dead as "asleep". This occurs several times in 1 Corinthians 15, such as:
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What is the logic behind Jesus' refusal to be touched / clung to by Mary because he had not yet ascended to the Father? John 20:17
John 20:16-17 (ESV):
16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to ...
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Why did the women want to anoint Jesus after his body had already been laid in the tomb
After Jesus’ death on the cross, Joseph of Arimathea went to the Roman governor Pilate to request Jesus’ body. Nicodemus, the Pharisee who had visited Jesus at night to ask questions about God’s ...
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When Jesus returns, will the dead (believers and unbelievers alike) be resurrected and receive imperishable bodies?
I'm wondering whether unbelievers will also get imperishable bodies at the Resurrection...?
John 5:28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 ...
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Jesus's Resurrection ocurred before angel rolled back tombstone?
Many exegetes claim, without proof, that Jesus resurrected before the angel rolled back the stone, in order to show that he passed through it as he could walk through doors or as he was born out of ...
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the relation between Luke 20:37 and 38
In his response to the query of the Sadducees about the resurrection, Jesus says:
Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered worthy of ...
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Why did Jesus need to die for our sins? [closed]
I feel silly asking this because I feel like it should be obvious. Why did Jesus need to die for our sins?
I am asking because this part of Christianity still confuses me. I thought Judaism taught ...
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Jesus raising the destroyed temple: John 2:13-22
John 2:13-22 (NIV),
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at ...
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Will everyone be gender-neutral in Heaven, and if so, does that mean that sex was designed to be a temporary thing?
Mark 12:25 (NASB):
25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Does the verse above imply that those who attain eternal ...
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If human beings were created perfect in Genesis, then why is it necessary to change our natural bodies into spiritual/angelic bodies?
1 Corinthians 15:40-46 (ESV) reveals the mystery of the natural and heavenly/spiritual bodies, and that human beings will be granted the latter at the resurrection:
40 There are heavenly bodies and ...
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Are the souls of Revelation 6:9-11 awake and, yet, still awaiting the resurrection?
Revelation 6:9-11 (NASB):
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they ...
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"Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to Him.” - why present tense instead of future tense in Luke 20:38?
Luke 20:34-40 (NASB):
34 Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and the women are given in marriage, 35 but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from ...
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How should we interpret Ecclesiastes 9:5 in the case of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 (NASB):
5 For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have a reward any longer, for their memory is forgotten.
Mark 12:26-27 (NASB):
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When Jesus tells Thomas to reach out his hand and 'put it into' his side, was he wearing clothing covering his side?
In John 20:27, Jesus says to Thomas
"Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe."
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In 1 Corinthians 15:42, is what's sown in corruption the same thing that's raised in incorruption per implied pronouns?
I've made an argument from the pronouns in 1 Corinthians 15:42 that the thing that's sown in corruption (i.e., our body) is the same thing that's later raised in incorruption because both are called &...
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Interpretation of Greek in Luke 24:46
The King James Version translation of Luke 24:46 is similar to the 1899 Douay-Rheims translation.
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