whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
1 Corinthians 15:20 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 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: |
whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
that Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
and he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first-begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.