"Is not the reason of your mistake," answered Jesus, "your ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God?

But, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, Nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God's Sons.

Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice, And will come out--those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.

"I am the Resurrection and the Life," said Jesus. "He that believes in me shall live, though he die;

In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will still see me; because I am living, you will be living also.

Indeed it was to him that David was referring when he said-- 'I have had the Lord ever before my eyes, For he stands at my right hand, that I should not be disquieted. Therefore my heart was cheered, and my tongue told its delight; Yes, even my body, too, will rest in hope; read more. For you wilt not abandon my soul to the Place of Death, nor surrender me, your holy one, to undergo corruption. Thou have shown me the path to life, you wilt fill me with gladness in your presence.' Brothers, I can speak to you the more confidently about the Patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day. David, then, Prophet as he was, knowing that God 'had solemnly sworn to him to set one of his descendants upon his throne,' looked into the future, And referred to the resurrection of the Christ when he said that 'he had not been abandoned to the Place of Death, nor had his body undergone corruption.'

Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial-- A promise which our Twelve Tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused--and by Jews themselves! read more. Why do you all hold it incredible that God should raise the dead?

But each in his proper order-Christ the first-fruits; afterwards, at his Coming, those who belong to the Christ.

But each in his proper order-Christ the first-fruits; afterwards, at his Coming, those who belong to the Christ.

As surely as there is a human body, there is also a spiritual body. That is what is meant by the words-'Adam, the first man, became a human being'; the last Adam became a Life-giving spirit.

We always bear on our bodies the marks of the death that Jesus died, so that the Life also of Jesus may be exhibited in our bodies.

Who, by the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body that we have in our humiliation like to that body which he has in his Glory.

When the Christ, who is our Life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

May God himself, the giver of peace, make you altogether holy; and may your spirits, souls, and bodies be kept altogether faultless until the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For the loving-kindness of God has been revealed, bringing Salvation for all; leading us to renounce irreligious ways and worldly ambitions, and to live discreet, upright, and religious lives here in this present world,

It was faith that enabled Abraham to obey the Call that he received, and to set out for the place which he was afterwards to obtain as his own; and he set out not knowing where he was going. It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land--as in a strange country--living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him. read more. For he was looking for the City with the sure foundations, whose architect and builder is God. Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for child-bearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her. And so from one man--and that when his powers were dead--there sprang a people as numerous 'as the stars in the heavens or the countless grains of sand upon the shore.' All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only aliens and strangers on the earth. Those who speak thus show plainly that they are seeking their fatherland. If they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they could have found opportunities to return. But no, they were longing for a better, a heavenly, land! And therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God; indeed he had already prepared them a city.

The sea gave up its dead, and Death and the Lord of the Place of Death gave up their dead; and they were judged, one by one, each according to his actions.

Let the wrong-doer continue to do wrong; the filthy-minded man continue to be filthy; the righteous man continue to act righteously; and the holy-minded man continue to be holy.' ('I will come quickly. I bring my rewards with me, to give to each man what his actions deserve.

If your right eye is a snare to you, take it out and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it thrown into the Pit.

Yes, and many will come in from East and West and take their places beside Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the Kingdom of Heaven;

And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in the Pit.

That same day some Sadducees came up to Jesus, maintaining that there is no resurrection. Their question was this:-- "Teacher, Moses said--'Should a man die without children, the man's brother shall become the husband of the widow, and raise a family for his brother.' read more. Now we had living among us seven brothers; of whom the eldest married and died, and, as he had no family, left his wife for his brother. The same thing happened to the second and the third brothers, and indeed to all the seven. The woman herself died last of all. At the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be out of the seven, all of them having had her?" "Your mistake," replied Jesus, "is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God. For at the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but all who rise are as angels in Heaven.

For at the resurrection there is no marrying or being married, but all who rise are as angels in Heaven. As to the resurrection of the dead, have you not read these words of God-- read more. 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead men, but of living."

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they collected together.

And he will send his angels, with a great trumpet, and they will gather his People round him from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

When suddenly a great earthquake occurred. For an angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and seated himself upon it.

And, when they saw him, they bowed to the ground before him; although some felt doubtful.

Next came some Sadducees--the men who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this-- "Teacher, in our Scriptures Moses decreed that, should a man's brother die, leaving a widow but no child, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother. read more. There were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest took a wife, but died and left no family; And the second took her, and died without family; and so did the third. All the seven died and left no family. The woman herself died last of all. At the resurrection whose wife will she be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?" "Is not the reason of your mistake," answered Jesus, "your ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God? When men rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married; but they are as angels in Heaven.

When men rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married; but they are as angels in Heaven.

When men rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married; but they are as angels in Heaven. As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus--'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? read more. He is not God of dead men, but of living. You are greatly mistaken." Then came up one of the Teachers of the Law who had heard their discussions. Knowing that Jesus had answered them wisely, he asked him this question: "What is the first of all the commandments?"

And then he will send the angels, and gather his People from the four winds, from one end of the world to the other.

People will come from East and West, and from North and South, and take their places at the banquet in the Kingdom of God.

And then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good."

And then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good."

Presently there came up some Sadducees, who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this-- "Teacher, Moses laid down for us in his writings that-- 'Should a man's married brother die, and should he be childless, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother.' read more. Well, there were once seven brothers; of whom the eldest, after taking a wife, died childless. The second and third brothers both took her as their wife; And so, too, did all seven--dying without children. The woman herself was the last to die. About the woman, then--at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?" "The men and women of this world," said Jesus, "marry and are given in marriage; But, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married,

But, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married, Nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God's Sons.

Nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God's Sons.

Nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God's Sons. As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord--'The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' read more. Now he is not God of dead men, but of living. For in his sight all are alive."

Now he is not God of dead men, but of living. For in his sight all are alive." "Well said, Teacher!" exclaimed some of the Teachers of the Law,

"Well said, Teacher!" exclaimed some of the Teachers of the Law,

While they were talking about these things and discussing them, Jesus himself came up and went on their way with them; But their eyes were blinded so that they could not recognize him.

Who told them that the Master had really risen, and had appeared to Simon.

While they were still unable to believe it all for very joy, and were wondering if it were true, Jesus said to them: "Have you anything here to eat?"

That which came into being in him was Life; and the Life was the Light of Man;

He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'

For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.

For, just as the Father has inherent Life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent Life within him;

Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,

For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

"No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, has Immortal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day.

"I know that he will," replied Martha, "in the resurrection at the Last Day."

"I know that he will," replied Martha, "in the resurrection at the Last Day."

And he who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

He who rejects me, and disregards my teaching, has a judge already--the very Message which I have delivered will itself be his judge at the Last Day.

Even as thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has given him.

After saying this, she turned round, and looked at Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.

In the evening of the same day--the first day of the week-- after the doors of the room, in which the disciples were, had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said: "Peace be with you"; After which he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Master.

So the rest of the disciples said to him: "We have seen the Master!" "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands," he exclaimed, "and put my finger into the marks, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."

Then he said to Thomas: "Place your finger here, and look at my hands; and place your hand here, and put it into my side; and do not refuse to believe, but believe."

Just as day was breaking, Jesus came and stood on the beach; but the disciples did not know that it was he.

So, when the Apostles had met together, they asked Jesus this question--"Master, is this the time when you intend to re-establish the Kingdom for Israel?"

From his baptism by John down to that day on which he was taken from us--some one must be found to join us as a witness of his resurrection."

But God released him from the pangs of death and raised him to life, it being impossible for death to retain its hold upon him.

It was this Jesus, whom God raised to life; and of that we are ourselves all witnesses. And now that he has been exalted to the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, he has begun to pour out that gift, as you yourselves now see and hear.

The very Guide to Life you put to death! But God raised him from the dead--and of that we are ourselves witnesses.

Let me tell you all and all the people of Israel, that it is by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead--it is, I say, by his Name that this man stands here before you lame no longer.

Let me tell you all and all the people of Israel, that it is by the Name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead--it is, I say, by his Name that this man stands here before you lame no longer.

The Apostles continued with great power to bear their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God's blessing rested upon them all abundantly.

"Go," he said, "and stand in the Temple Courts, and tell the people the whole Message of this new Life."

The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging him on a cross. It is this Jesus whom God has exalted to his right hand, to be a Guide and a Savior, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins. read more. And we are witness to the truth of this, and so is the Holy Spirit--the gift of God to those who obey him."

This Jesus God raised on the third day, and enabled him to appear, Not indeed to every one, but to witnesses chosen beforehand by God--to us, who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead.

We also have good news to tell you, about the promise made to our ancestors--

For in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets--'His offspring, too, are we.'

On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they would hear what he had to say about that another time.

On leaving Athens, Paul next went to Corinth.

Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council: "Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial."

And I have a hope that rests in God--a hope which they also cherish--that there will one day be a resurrection of good and bad alike.

Even now, it is because of my hope in the promise given by God to our ancestors that I stand here on my trial-- A promise which our Twelve Tribes, by earnest service night and day, hope to see fulfilled. It is for this hope, your Majesty, that I am accused--and by Jews themselves! read more. Why do you all hold it incredible that God should raise the dead?

But, as to the spirit of holiness within him, was miraculously designated Son of God by his resurrection from the dead.

Hard-hearted and impenitent as you are, you are storing up for yourself Wrath on the 'Day of Wrath,' when God's justice as a judge will be revealed;

If those who take their stand on Law are to inherit the world, then faith is robbed of its meaning and the promise comes to nothing!

Or can it be that you do not know that all of us, who were baptized into union with Christ Jesus, in our baptism shared his death?

If we have become united with him by the act symbolic of his death, surely we shall also become united with him by the act symbolic of his resurrection.

And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give Life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.

And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give Life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.

For Nature was made subject to imperfection-not by its own choice, but owing to him who made it so--

For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold),

For, if the dead do not rise, then even Christ himself has not been raised,

If all that we have done has been to place our hope in Christ for this life, then we of all men are the most to be pitied.

For, as through union with Adam all men die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.

For, as through union with Adam all men die, so through union with the Christ will all be made to live.

Some one, however, may ask 'How do the dead rise? and in what body will they come?' You foolish man! The seed you yourself sow does not come to life, unless it dies! read more. And when you sow, you sow not the body that will be, but a mere grain-perhaps of wheat, or something else. God gives it the body that he pleases-to each seed its special body. All forms of life are not the same; there is one for men, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fishes. There are heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but the beauty of the heavenly bodies is not the beauty of the earthly. There is a beauty of the sun, and a beauty of the moon, and a beauty of the stars; for even star differs from star in beauty. It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. Sown a mortal body, it rises immortal; sown disfigured, it rises beautiful;

As surely as there is a human body, there is also a spiritual body.

For all of you who were baptized into union with Christ clothed yourselves with Christ.

The same mighty power was exerted upon the Christ, when he raised the Christ from the dead and 'caused him to sit at his right hand' on high, exalting him above all Angels and Archangels of every rank,

For we are God's handiwork, created, by our union with Christ Jesus, for the good actions in doing which God had pre-arranged that we should spend our lives.

It follows, then, that you are no longer strangers and aliens, but are fellow-citizens with Christ's People and members of God's Household.

Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,

Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings, In the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead.

In the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead.

The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things. But the State of which we are citizens is in Heaven; and it is from Heaven that we are eagerly looking for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, read more. Who, by the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body that we have in our humiliation like to that body which he has in his Glory.

Who, by the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body that we have in our humiliation like to that body which he has in his Glory.

And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.

For in baptism you were buried with Christ; and in baptism you were also raised to Life with him, through your faith in the omnipotence of God, who raised him from the dead.

For in baptism you were buried with Christ; and in baptism you were also raised to Life with him, through your faith in the omnipotence of God, who raised him from the dead.

Since, therefore, you were raised to Life with the Christ, seek for the things that are above; for it is there that the Christ is 'seated at the right hand of God.'

And clothe yourselves with that new self, which, as it gains in knowledge, is being constantly renewed 'in resemblance to him who made it.'

And are now awaiting the return from Heaven of his Son whom he raised from the dead--Jesus, our deliverer from the Coming Wrath.

For, with a loud summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the trumpet-call of God, the Lord himself will come down from Heaven.

These men will pay the penalty of unutterable Ruin--banished 'from the presence of the Lord and from the glorious manifestation of his might,

They have gone completely astray as regards the Truth; they say that a resurrection has already taken place, and so upset some people's faith.

Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God--

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has, in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

who, through him, are faithful to God who raised him from the dead and gave him honour, so that your faith and hope are now in God.

And baptism, which this foreshadowed, now saves you--not the mere cleansing of the body, but the search of a clear conscience after God--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

(The rest of the dead were not restored to life till the thousand years were ended.) This is the First Resurrection.

And I saw the dead, high and low, standing before the throne; and books were opened. Then another book was opened, the Book of Life; and the dead were judged, according to their actions, by what was written in the books.

When men rise from the dead, there is no marrying or being married; but they are as angels in Heaven. As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus--'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? read more. He is not God of dead men, but of living. You are greatly mistaken."

"I know that he will," replied Martha, "in the resurrection at the Last Day."

And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give Life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.

Now, if it is proclaimed of Christ that he has been raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead?

But each in his proper order-Christ the first-fruits; afterwards, at his Coming, those who belong to the Christ. Then will come the end-when he surrenders the Kingdom to his God and Father, having overthrown all other rule and all other authority and power.

In the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead.

For, with a loud summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the trumpet-call of God, the Lord himself will come down from Heaven.

They have gone completely astray as regards the Truth; they say that a resurrection has already taken place, and so upset some people's faith.

(The rest of the dead were not restored to life till the thousand years were ended.) This is the First Resurrection. Blessed and holy will he be who shares in that First Resurrection. The second Death has no power over them; but they will be priests of God, and the Christ, and they will reign with him for the thousand years.

That same day some Sadducees came up to Jesus, maintaining that there is no resurrection. Their question was this:--

Next came some Sadducees--the men who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this--

"Teacher, Moses laid down for us in his writings that-- 'Should a man's married brother die, and should he be childless, the man should take the widow as his wife, and raise up a family for his brother.'

Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice, And will come out--those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.

"Your brother shall rise to life," said Jesus. "I know that he will," replied Martha, "in the resurrection at the Last Day."

Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council: "Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial."

(For Sadducees say there is no such thing as a resurrection, and that there is neither angel nor spirit, while Pharisees believe in both.)

If we have become united with him by the act symbolic of his death, surely we shall also become united with him by the act symbolic of his resurrection.

It is what Scripture speaks of as-'What eye never saw, nor ear ever heard, what never entered the mind of man-even all that God has prepared for those who love him.'

Some one, however, may ask 'How do the dead rise? and in what body will they come?'

Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings, In the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Who, by the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, will make this body that we have in our humiliation like to that body which he has in his Glory.

When the Christ, who is our Life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.