Bible Strands
1 Corinthians 15:4
that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul writes to the Corinthian church, where some deny the resurrection of the dead (v. 12), and he lays out the core of what he received and passed on as "of first importance."
The words — ἐγήγερται (egēgertai), "He has been raised," is a perfect passive: a past action whose results persist into the present. The raising is not a closed event but a standing reality.
The thread — "According to the Scriptures" points to Psalm 16:10 (the Holy One will not see decay), Hosea 6:2 (on the third day He will raise us up), and the Jonah sign in Matthew 12:40.
Why it lands — Paul presents the resurrection as a historical fact to be received, not a spiritual idea to be admired. The perfect tense means the reader is being asked to live inside the ongoing effect of that event.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
Cross-references
- Hosea 6:2 After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Psalms 16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- Isaiah 53:9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
- Acts 13:29 When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
- Acts 26:22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
- Luke 24:46 And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,
- Jonah 1:17 Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
- Psalms 2:7 I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.
- 1 Corinthians 15:16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.