Thereafter He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, of whom the majority remain until now, but some have died.
Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go, report to My brothers that they should go to Galilee, and there they will see Me."
But go, say to His disciples, and Peter, that He is going before you into Galilee; there you shall see Him, just as He said to you."
"For David indeed in his own generation, having served by the purpose of God, died, and was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;
Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not charge them with this sin." And having said this, he fell asleep."
Then also those who have died in Christ have perished.
But now Christ has been raised from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have died.
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who have died, lest you be sorrowful as those who have no hope.
For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall by no means precede those who are dead.
and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers died, all things continue as from the beginning of creation."