He isn’t here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,
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- KJV He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet 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.
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Cross-references · 14
- Matt 17:22–23While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
- Luke 9:22saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.”
- Mark 8:31He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
- Matt 28:6He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
- Luke 9:44“Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”
- Mark 10:33–34“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem. The Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death, and will deliver him to the Gentiles.
- Matt 27:63saying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- Mark 9:30–32They went out from there, and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it.
- Matt 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Matt 20:18–19“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,
- Matt 16:21From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.
- Mark 9:9–10As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
- Luke 24:44–46He said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”
- Luke 18:31–33He took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
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