He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
Parallel translations
- WEB He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,
- BSB He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
- NKJV He is not here, but is risen! Remember how He spoke to you when He was still in Galilee,
- NASB He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee,
- NLT He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee,
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Quick answer
The angels declared He is not here but risen, urging the women to remember His words. The resurrection fulfills Jesus' own predictions.
Overview
The angels proclaim the heart of the gospel: He is risen. They call the women to recall Jesus' teaching in Galilee that He must suffer and rise. The resurrection is no surprise but the fulfillment of Christ's own foretelling, confirming that His death was purposeful and His promises trustworthy.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Matt 17:22–23And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
- Luke 9:22Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
- Mark 8:31And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
- Matt 28:6He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
- Luke 9:44Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
- Mark 10:33–34Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
- Matt 27:63Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
- Mark 9:30–32And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
- Matt 12:40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 20:18–19Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,
- Matt 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
- Mark 9:9–10And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
- Luke 24:44–46And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
- Luke 18:31–33Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
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