To cause a dead person to come alive again.
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He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
All Scripture References (73)
Matthew (13)
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”
Mark (6)
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
Later, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
Luke (6)
So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
and saying, “The Lord has indeed risen and has appeared to Simon!”
John (6)
After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews learned that Jesus was there. And they came not only because of Him, but also to see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.
Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.
This was now the third time that Jesus appeared to the disciples after He was raised from the dead.
Acts (7)
You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
then 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.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
But God raised Him from the dead,
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
Romans (8)
but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
We 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.
For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
And 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.
Who 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.
that 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.
1 Corinthians (16)
By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
But 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?
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
In 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.
For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
2 Corinthians (3)
Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.
knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
Galatians (1)
Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
Ephesians (2)
which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Colossians (1)
And 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.
1 Thessalonians (1)
and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
2 Timothy (1)
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,
Hebrews (1)
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
1 Peter (1)
Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.