But God raised Him from the dead,
Parallel translations
- WEB But God raised him from the dead,
- KJV But God raised him from the dead:
- NKJV But God raised Him from the dead.
- NASB But God raised Him from the dead;
- NLT But God raised him from the dead!
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But God raised him from the dead. The resurrection is the decisive act that turns death into victory.
Overview
With a sharp but God, Paul announces the heart of the gospel: God overturned the verdict of men by raising Jesus. The resurrection vindicates Jesus as the righteous Messiah and the Son of God. This divine act is the foundation of the forgiveness and justification Paul will proclaim, declaring that death could not hold the Lord of life.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
- Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Matt 28:6He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
- Acts 10:40God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
- John 10:17The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
- Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
- Acts 4:10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
- Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
- Acts 3:26When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
- John 2:19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
- Heb 13:20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
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