or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead.)”
Parallel translations
- KJV Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
- BSB or, ‘Who will descend into the Abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
- NKJV or, “ ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
- NASB or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).”
- NLT And don’t say, ‘Who will go down to the place of the dead?’ (to bring Christ back to life again).”
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- Heb 13:20Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,
- Rev 1:18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever more. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Rom 4:25who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
- 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
- 1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
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