God raised him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the fact is that Christ (the Messiah) has been raised from the dead, and He became the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death]. American Standard Version (1901) But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep. Common English Bible But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead. He’s the first crop of the harvest of those who have died. Catholic Public Domain Version But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep: |
God raised him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.
that the Messiah would suffer, and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.’
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then he who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to life through his Spirit who lives in you.
But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; afterwards, at his coming, those who belong to Christ.
Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.
He is also the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything.
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, , with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by his blood,
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’ ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘so they will rest from their labours, since their works follow them.’