But 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.
- KJV Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- NKJV whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
- NASB But God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.
- NLT But God released him from the horrors of death and raised him back to life, for death could not keep him in its grip.
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God raised Jesus, freeing Him from death because death could not hold Him. It proclaims the resurrection as God's vindication of His Son.
Overview
The resurrection is presented as God's mighty act overturning the verdict of the cross. Death 'could not hold' Jesus because of who He is and God's purpose for Him. This victory over death is the foundation of the believer's hope and forgiveness.
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- 1 Cor 6:14By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
- Acts 2:32God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.
- 1 Pet 1:21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
- Col 2:12And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead.
- Rom 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
- Rom 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- 2 Cor 4:14knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
- John 10:18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
- 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,
- Eph 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- 1 Th 1:10and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
- Rom 10:9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- 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.”
- Acts 13:30But God raised Him from the dead,
- John 2:19–21Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- Rom 4:24but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
- Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
- Luke 24:1–53On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
- Gal 1:1Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
- 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.”
- Acts 13:37But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
- Rev 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Ps 116:16Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
- John 20:9For they still did not understand from the Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.
- Acts 13:33–34He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
- Ps 116:3–4The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
- 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 10:40–41God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
- 1 Cor 15:15In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.
- 1 Cor 15:12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- Isa 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- Rom 14:9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
- Rom 8:34Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
- Matt 27:63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- John 12:39For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
- Isa 25:8He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- Isa 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- Hos 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
- Heb 2:14Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- John 10:35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
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