But God raised him from the dead:
Parallel translations
- WEB But God raised him from the dead,
- BSB 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.
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Cross-references · 13
- Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
- Matt 28:6He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
- Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
- Acts 10:40Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
- John 10:17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
- Acts 3:15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
- Acts 4:10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
- Acts 3:13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
- Acts 3:26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
- John 2:19Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
- Acts 2:32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
- Heb 13:20Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
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