28 Bible Verses about The Resurrection
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Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,
for neither are they able to die any more -- for they are like messengers -- and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.
and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.
therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife -- for all had her?'
for since through man is the death, also through man is a rising again of the dead,
to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
he is not here, for he rose, as he said; come, see the place where the Lord was lying;
For, if we have become planted together to the likeness of his death, so also we shall be of the rising again;
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,
and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith,
and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'
we were buried together, then, with him through the baptism to the death, that even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we in newness of life might walk.
So also is the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
Thy dead live -- My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs is thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.
who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;
afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;
'And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we -- we shall be changed:
and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.
Jesus saith to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;
and the rest of the dead did not live again till the thousand years may be finished; this is the first rising again.
in the rising again, then, whenever they may rise, of which of them shall she be wife -- for the seven had her as wife?'
who is marked out Son of God in power, according to the Spirit of sanctification, by the rising again from the dead,) Jesus Christ our Lord;
then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;
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The Resurrection » A doctrine of the old testament
From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where is thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes.
Thy dead live -- My dead body they rise. Awake and sing, ye dwellers in the dust, For the dew of herbs is thy dew, And the land of Rephaim thou causest to fall.
The Resurrection » Credibility of, shown by the resurrection of individuals
Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,
but, when the multitude was put forth, having gone in, he took hold of her hand, and the damsel arose,
and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, 'Loose him, and suffer to go.'
and having come near, he touched the bier, and those bearing it stood still, and he said, 'Young man, to thee I say, Arise;'
and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
The Resurrection » Saints should look forward to
For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands -- age-during -- in the heavens,
And thou, go on to the end, then thou dost rest, and dost stand in thy lot at the end of the days.'
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Rise through Christ
being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead --
Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
for since through man is the death, also through man is a rising again of the dead, for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,
The Resurrection » Assumed and proved by our lord
And Jesus answering said to them, 'Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God; for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven. 'And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, read more.
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.'
'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice, and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.
and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Rise first
because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,
and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ's, in his presence,
The Resurrection » Of saints shall be followed by the change of those then alive
then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;
lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;
The Resurrection » Shall be of all the dead
having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;
and the sea did give up those dead in it, and the death and the hades did give up the dead in them, and they were judged, each one according to their works;
'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,
The Resurrection » Illustrated
There hath been upon me a hand of Jehovah, and He taketh me forth in the Spirit of Jehovah, and doth place me in the midst of the valley, and it is full of bones, and He causeth me to pass over by them, all round about, and lo, very many are on the face of the valley, and lo, very dry. And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, do these bones live?' And I say, 'O Lord Jehovah, Thou -- Thou hast known.' read more.
And He saith unto me, 'Prophesy concerning these bones, and thou hast said unto them: O dry bones, hear a word of Jehovah: Thus said the Lord Jehovah to these bones: Lo, I am bringing into you a spirit, and ye have lived, and I have given on you sinews, and cause flesh to come up upon you, and covered you over with skin, and given in you a spirit, and ye have lived, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.' And I have prophesied as I have been commanded, and there is a noise, as I am prophesying, and lo, a rushing, and draw near do the bones, bone unto its bone. And I beheld, and lo, on them are sinews, and flesh hath come up, and cover them doth skin over above -- and spirit there is none in them. And He saith unto me: 'Prophesy unto the Spirit, prophesy, son of man, and thou hast said unto the Spirit: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: From the four winds come in, O Spirit, and breathe on these slain, and they do live.' And I have prophesied as He commanded me, and the Spirit cometh into them, and they live, and stand on their feet -- a very very great force.
unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die; and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,
The Resurrection » Denied by the sadducees
In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,
for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.
And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,
The Resurrection » Effected by the power of » Christ
no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;
'Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,
'And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day; and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.'
The Resurrection » Is not contrary to reason
verily, verily, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remaineth alone; and if it may die, it doth bear much fruit;
But some one will say, 'How do the dead rise? unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die; and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others, read more.
and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body. All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds; and there are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one is the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly; one glory of sun, and another glory of moon, and another glory of stars, for star from star doth differ in glory. So also is the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body; so also it hath been written, 'The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam is for a life-giving spirit, but that which is spiritual is not first, but that which was natural, afterwards that which is spiritual. The first man is out of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord out of heaven; as is the earthy, such are also the earthy; and as is the heavenly, such are also the heavenly; and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.
The Resurrection » Preached by the apostles
And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, 'What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, 'Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,
having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;
being grieved because of their teaching the people, and preaching in Jesus the rising again out of the dead --
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Have bodies like Christ's
who shall transform the body of our humiliation to its becoming conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power, even to subject to himself the all things.
beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;
The Resurrection » Expected by the jews
Women received by a rising again their dead, and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that a better rising again they might receive,
Martha saith to him, 'I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;'
The Resurrection » The preaching of, caused » Persecution
and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, 'Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee -- son of a Pharisee -- concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'
thou being able to know that it is not more than twelve days to me since I went up to worship in Jerusalem, and neither in the temple did they find me reasoning with any one, or making a dissension of the multitude, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city; nor are they able to prove against me the things concerning which they now accuse me. read more.
'And I confess this to thee, that, according to the way that they call a sect, so serve I the God of the fathers, believing all things that in the law and the prophets have been written, having hope toward God, which they themselves also wait for, that there is about to be a rising again of the dead, both of righteous and unrighteous;
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Rise to eternal life
And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches -- to abhorrence age-during.
and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.
The Resurrection » Certainty of, proved by the resurrection of Christ
And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons? and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen; and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith, read more.
and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise; for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen, and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins; then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish; if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied. And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead -- the first-fruits of those sleeping he became,
The Resurrection » A first principle of the gospel
and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen; and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith,
The Resurrection » Is not incredible
And Jesus answering said to them, 'Do ye not because of this go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God?
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Have incorruptible bodies
So also is the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Have spiritual bodies
it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Have glorious bodies
it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Have powerful bodies
it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
The Resurrection » Called in question by some in the primitive church
And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons?
The Resurrection » Blessedness of those who have part in the first
Happy and holy is he who is having part in the first rising again; over these the second death hath not authority, but they shall be priests of God and of the Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Be glorified with Christ
when the Christ -- our life -- may be manifested, then also we with him shall be manifested in glory.
The Resurrection » Explained away by false teachers
who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;
The Resurrection » Effected by the power of » God
And Jesus answering said to them, 'Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Be as the angels
for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.
The Resurrection » Of the wicked, shall be to » Shame and everlasting contempt
And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches -- to abhorrence age-during.
The Resurrection » Effected by the power of » The holy ghost
and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.
The Resurrection » The preaching of, caused » Mocking
And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, 'We will hear thee again concerning this;'
The Resurrection » Saints in, shall » Be recompensed
and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'
The Resurrection » Of the wicked, shall be to » Damnation
and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.
The Resurrection » Illustrative of the new birth
Verily, verily, I say to you -- There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;