1 Corinthians 15:20

But at this moment the Messiah stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest of those who have died.

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah would suffer and be the first to rise from the dead and would bring light both to our people and to the gentiles."

1 Corinthians 15:23

However, this will happen to each person in the proper order: first the Messiah, then those who belong to the Messiah when he comes.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! Because of his great mercy he has granted us a new birth, resulting in an immortal hope through the resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah, from the dead

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus the Messiah, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Romans 8:11

And if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, then the one who raised the Messiah from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive by his Spirit who lives in you.

1 Corinthians 15:6

After that, he was seen by more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.

Colossians 1:18

He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.

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Summary

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

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Now

1 Corinthians 15:4
he was buried, he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures and is still alive!

General references

1 Corinthians 15:13
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then the Messiah has not been raised,

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