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Lesson 1
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Topic Outline
 Introduction
 Objectives
 Assumptions
 Framework (A Jesus-centered Viewpoint )
 Resurrected [1]
 Application to Us
 Quiz
 Question / Answer Session
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Introduction
 Relevance of the Seminar-Workshop
– Requested + all believers benefit from Bible study
– God’s message regarding Jesus the Christ is vital,
urgent, and powerful, and calls mankind to obedience
 Presenter
– A Christian who wants to share his understanding of
basic Bible teaching, convinced that God’s Word
provides fundamental certainty and clarity and hope
to a world that desperately needs such a message
 Approach & Material
– Discuss each subject area in order via presentation
format, allowing for a 40-minute Q/A session at end
– Workbooks contain a copy of the presentation slides,
reference material, & note sheets for the Q/A session
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Objectives
 Rightly show the information (2Tim 2:14)
– my aim is to present core Scripture truths aptly,
accurately, fairly and boldly
 Let the text do the convicting (Heb 4:12)
– the written Word, when read and studied with a
humble heart, has God’s transforming power
 Urge your personal search (Acts 17:11)
– you need to be convinced by your own study and
self-examination, so check everything out
 Give glory to God (Mark 2:12)
– God is pleased when His Truth is proclaimed, and
delighted when His Word takes root in a human life
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Assumptions
Scripture is the only authoritative
source – anything else is man’s work
– Bible text takes priority over church authority or
religious tradition or the writing of men (2Thes 2:13)
Our English translations are sufficiently
accurate – they are a reliable source
– different translations bring their own strengths and
weaknesses; thus no single translation should be
given pre-eminence; all translations (as distinct
from paraphrases) can contribute to understanding
Reasoning and pondering are required –
and thinking must be logical and consistent
– Making sense is expected (e.g., Is 1:18,43:9, 1Cor 11:14)
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A Jesus-centered Viewpoint
Jesus
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Born of Woman
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Relationships Alive body Prophecies
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Dead body
Fact!
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Resurrected

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5 Basis!8
Appeared Spiritual body Ascended

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Empowered To Return
New
Earth
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Jesus
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Born of Woman
3
Relationships Alive body Prophecies
Fact!
2
Dead body

Resurrected
1
Resurrected

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5
Basis! 8
Appeared Spiritual body Ascended

7 10 9
Empowered To Return
New
Earth
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Res-1
1. Resurrected
• in fact Christ has been raised (1Cor 15:20)
• impossible for Death to hold him (Acts 2:24)
• first principle teaching (1Cor 15:1-4)
• fulfilled promises to the fathers (Acts 13:33)
• set us free from the law of sin and death (Rom
8:2, 6:22)
• given a name above every name (Phil 2:9)
• Jesus is the resurrection & the life (John 11:25)
• the Christian hope (Acts 24:15, 26:6-8, Rom 8:24)
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1Corinthinans 15:20
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead,
the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep

Points:
1. Stated to be a FACT!
2. “first fruits” = initial, primary, the best; given as an offering
to God (cf. Gen 49:3, Ex 23:16,19, Lev 23:10,17,19)
3. “fallen asleep” = died (in the hope of the resurrection)
Application:
1. A resurrected Jesus is the pivotal point of Bible Christianity
2. We expect to be among those raised “at his coming” (15:23)
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Res-3 Acts 2:24
But God raised him up, having loosed the
pangs of death, because it was not possible
for him to be held by it.
Points:
1. Simple but key teaching: God raised Jesus, who was dead.
2. Law of sin and death: the soul that sins shall die (Ezek 18:4,20)
3. Jesus did not sin (Heb 4:15) yet he died (Jn 19:30, 33); since he
wasn’t like Rom5:12 men, some further action had to happen
4. Man + sin = death; man Jesus + sinless = death + resurrection
Application:
For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die
again; death no longer has dominion over him…So you also must
consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus
(Rom 6:9,11).
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1Corinthians 15:1-4
Now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I
preached to you the gospel, which you received, in
which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold
it fast--unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to
you as of first importance what I also received, that
Christ died for our sins in accordance with the
scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on
the third day in accordance with the scriptures…
Points:
1. “first importance” = primary, fundamental priority teaching
2. “in accordance” {twice} = fulfilled Bible prophecy, down to
the detail of “the third day” (cf. Jonah 1:17, Matt 12:40)
Application:
Our salvation depends on a crucified and risen Jesus (1Cor 15:17)
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Res-5
Acts 13:33
And we bring you the good news that what God
promised to the fathers, this he has fulfilled to
us their children by raising Jesus…
Points:
1. Another fulfilled prophecy regarding Jesus’ resurrection
2. “to the fathers” = reference to Abraham and David (cf. Matt 1:1)
3. God’s promise to Abraham about a “seed” or offspring dealt
specifically with resurrection (Gen 22:18, Gal 3:18, Heb 11:19);
David also foresaw the resurrection (2Sam 7:12-19, Acts 2:31)
Application:
Those who have the faith of Abraham are “fully convinced that God
will do what he has promised” (Rom 4:21), namely raising them to
eternal life to enjoy the promised earth (Gal 3:29, Heb 11:13-16)
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Romans 8:2, 6:22
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me
free from the law of sin and death … But now that you have
been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the
return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life.
Points:
1. “law of sin and death” = sinners must die (see earlier slide)
2. When believers obey the gospel call and standard of teaching in
Christ, they are “set free from sin” to serve God (Rom 6:17-18)
3. Jesus also redeemed Jewish believers from “the curse of the law”
of Moses, for sanctification (Gal 3:10-14, Heb 9:13-15, 10:1-14)
Application:
Contrast the outcome of Christ’s obedience vs. the sin of Adam:
“If, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much
more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of
righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.” (Rom 5:17)
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Philippians 2:9
Therefore God has highly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name which
is above every name,…
Points:
1. Context: “became obedient unto death … on a cross” (v.8)
2. Because of Jesus’ humble mindset and taking on a servant’s role,
God exalted the name of Jesus, e.g., called: Son, King of kings
3. Such exaltation occurred in conjunction with his resurrection
Application:
1. A disciple is expected to “bear his own cross” (Lk 16:27)
2. Those who faithfully follow will share the suffering & glory,
knowing the power of the resurrection (Phil 3:7-11)
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Res-8
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection
and the life; he who believes in me,
though he die, yet shall he live…

Points:
1. This said before Jesus himself died and was raised by God
2. Jesus thus had total confidence in his Father (cf John 10:18)
= he had faith that God would make him alive again (cf. us!)
3. “and the life” indicates immortality distinct from resurrection
Application:
1. Both the just & unjust are resurrected (Acts 24:15, Dan 12:2)
2. Only the faithful are given eternal life (Matt 25:48)
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Res-9
Acts 24:15, 26:6-8
…having a hope in God which these themselves accept, that
there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust….
And now I stand here on trial for hope in the promise made
by God to our fathers, to which our twelve tribes hope to
attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this
hope I am accused by Jews, O king! Why is it thought
incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
Points:
1. “hope in God” = “hope in promise” = “hope to attain”
2. hope of resurrection was key to the faith of Abraham and David,
“fathers” of Israel (Heb 11:9, John 8:56, Acts 2:25-35)
Application:
As it was for Abraham, “it will be reckoned to us who believe in
him that raised from the dead Jesus our Lord” (Rom 4:24,11-12)
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Res-10
Acts 28:20, Romans 8:24
For this reason therefore I have asked to see you and
speak with you, since it is because of the hope of Israel
that I am bound with this chain
…as we wait for the adoption as sons, the redemption of
our bodies. For in this hope we were saved.
Points:
1. “the hope of Israel” = hope of the resurrection (Acts 26:6)
2. Paul’s preaching integrated the gospel of the Kingdom of God
with the fact of the resurrected Jesus (Acts 28:23,31)
3. “this hope” = belief in risen Lord has past and future aspects
Application:
1. The Christian hope is eternal life on a new earth, with Jesus
2. That hope becomes reality only at Christ’s return, not before
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Summary
Fact: God Saved us from
raised Jesus sin and death

God exalted the

name of Jesus
The foundational
Christian teaching
Jesus is the resurrection
and the eternal life
Non-sinning Jesus
could not remain dead
Christian “hope” =
Drawing by Richard Hook

be raised to eternal life

Fulfilled the OT promises
to Abraham & David
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Res-12
So What?
You are a sinner.

You will certainly die unless God intervenes.

Unless you believe in Jesus, you will perish forever.

God sent His Son Jesus so that you would not perish.

Therefore, live in him now, to live with him forever

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Quiz
1. What is the significance of the teaching that: God raised
Jesus from the dead?
2. Two O.T. men who believed in resurrection were:___ & ___
3. What N.T. people (prior to Jesus rising) believed in resurrection?
4. What evidence proves that the resurrection did take place?
5. Why was it “impossible” for Jesus to remain dead?
6. Christ Jesus ____ believers from “the law of sin and death”.
7. Resurrection is not an end in itself; the believer wants to be
raised from the dead and given ________ _____.
This desire and expectation is called the Christian _____.
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Homework Reading

2. Dead body
• really dead on cross (John 19:33)
• dead body taken down (John 19:38)
• buried in tomb, per prophecy (Is 53:9,
Matt 27:60)
• like dead serpent on pole (John 3:14,
Num 21:9)
• died for our sins per Scripture (1Cor 15:3)
• destroyed devil / condemned sin (Heb
2:14,1Jn 3:8, Rom 8:3)
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Homework Reading (cont’d)

3. Alive body
• body to serve (Phil 2:7)
• sent to preach gospel (Luke 4:43)
• body to be perfected (Heb 5:9)
• body prepared for sacrifice (Heb 10:5)
• shared flesh & blood nature (Heb 2:14)
• made his will the Father’s will (Matt 26:39)
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Questions
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Answers
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…to be continued
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God raised Jesus, since he was dead

But God raised him up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for
him to be held by it. (Acts 2:24); This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are
witnesses. (Acts 2:32)
and killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
(Acts 3:15);
God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you in turning every one of
you from your wickedness." (Acts 3:26)
be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is
standing before you well. (Acts 4:10)
The God of our fathers raised Jesus whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. (Acts 5:30)
but God raised him on the third day and made him manifest; (Acts 10:40)
But God raised him from the dead; (Acts 13:30); but he whom God raised up saw no
corruption.(Acts 13:37)
because, if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Rom10:9)
And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. (1Cor 6:14)
Paul an apostle--not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the
Father, who raised him from the dead-- (Gal 1:1)
and you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through
faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. (Col 2:12)
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Impossible for Jesus to be held by death

Law of sin and death:
• For in the day that you eat it [a sin before God], you shall die (Gen 2:17)
• The soul [person] that sins shall die (Ezek 18:4,20)
• Therefore as sin came into the world through one man and death through
sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned – (Rom 5:12)
• The wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23)
• For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law
of sin and death (Rom 8:12)
• The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law (1Cor 15:56)
• Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin; and sin when it is full-
grown brings forth death (James 1:15).

Man + sin = death [simple ‘formula’ to illustrate this law]

Jesus + sinless = death [inconsistent/illogical]
Jesus + sinless = death + resurrection
[this ‘add-on’ logic brings consistency back]
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Adam vs. Jesus (Romans 5)

Through Adam: Through Jesus:
• sin came into the world • took away the sin of the world…
…and death through sin, • abolished death and brought life and
immortality to light through the
gospel (Jn 1:29, 2Tim 1:10)
• death reigned…over (all men) • those who receive… the free gift of
• many died through one man's righteousness, will reign in life
trespass through the one man Jesus Christ
• one trespass brought • one man's act of righteousness
condemnation leads to acquittal & life for all men
• by one man's disobedience • so by one man's obedience
…many were made sinners, … many will be made righteous
• Law came in …sin increased, …• grace abounded all the more,
• sin reigned in death, …. • grace also might reign through
righteousness to eternal life
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Philippians 3
7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of
Christ.
8 Indeed I count everything as loss because of the
surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his
sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them
as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ
9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my
own, based on law, but that which is through faith in Christ,
the righteousness from God that depends on faith;
10 that I may know him and the power of his
resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like
him in his death,
11 that if possible I may attain the resurrection from the
dead.
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Two Steps: Crucified and Risen

Died on cross
Drawings by Richard Hook

Raised from tomb

Both the death and resurrection

of Jesus were essential steps in
God’s plan of salvation for us.
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Set free from Law of Moses

10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written,
"Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the
law, and do them." 11 Now it is evident that no man is justified before God by the
law; for "He who through faith is righteous shall live"; 12 but the law does not
rest on faith, for "He who does them shall live by them." 13 Christ redeemed us
from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us--for it is written,
"Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree" -- 14 that in Christ Jesus the
blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith. (Galatians 3)

13 For if the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and
with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much
more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself
without blemish to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve the
living God. 15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those
who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has
occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first
covenant. (Hebrews 9)
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According to the Scriptures

25 And he said to them, "O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the
prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer
these things and enter into his glory?" 27 And beginning with Moses and all
the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things
concerning himself. (Luke 24)

44 Then he said to them, "These are my words which I spoke to you, while I was
still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the
prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." 45 Then he opened their minds to
understand the scriptures, 46 and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ
should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead… (Luke 24)

Specific example
39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign;
but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as
Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son
of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12)
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Abraham understood the resurrection

15 And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
16 and said, "By myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done
this, and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will indeed bless you,
and I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and as the sand
which is on the seashore. And your descendants [seed] shall possess the
gate of their [his] enemies, 18 and by your descendants shall all the nations of
the earth bless themselves, because you have obeyed my voice." (Genesis 22)
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith,
preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the
nations be blessed.“ …14 that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might
come upon the Gentiles… 16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and to
his offspring. It does not say, "And to offsprings," referring to many; but, referring
to one, "And to your offspring," which is Christ. (Galatians 3) cf. Rev 1:18, 3:7

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had
received the promises was ready to offer up his only son, 18 of whom it was
said, "Through Isaac shall your descendants be named." 19 He considered that
God was able to raise men even from the dead; hence, figuratively speaking,
he did receive him back. (Hebrews 11)
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David Foresaw the Resurrection

12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up
your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish
his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom for ever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son.
When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, with the stripes
of the sons of men; 15 but I will not take my steadfast love from him, as I took it
from Saul, whom I put away from before you. 16 And your house and your
kingdom shall be made sure for ever before me; your throne shall be established
for ever.'" 17 In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this
vision, Nathan spoke to David. 18 Then King David went in and sat before the
LORD, and said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that thou hast
brought me thus far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in thy eyes, O Lord GOD;
thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come,
and hast shown me future generations, O Lord GOD! (2Samuel 7)

30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to
him that he would set one of his descendants upon his throne, 31 he [David]
foresaw and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not
abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God raised
up, and of that we all are witnesses. (Acts 2)
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‘Abrahamic Faithful’ inherit land of promise

6 Thus Abraham "believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness."
7 So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham. 8 And the
scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the
gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
9 So then, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith.
…14 that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the
Gentiles, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith…
26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of
you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor
Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you
are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's
offspring, heirs according to promise (Galatians 3)
13 These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen
it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and
exiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are
seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had
gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a
better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called
their God, for he has prepared for them a city. (Hebrews 11) cf. Rev 21:2,3,10
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Eternal Life – what & when

21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives
life to whom he will… 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and
believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment,
but has passed from death to life. 25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is
coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and
those who hear will live… 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when
all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come forth, those who have
done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the
resurrection of judgment. (John 5) cf. Dan 12:2

Immortality – cannot die

(Gk. Athanasia)
Eternal Life
Incorruptible – cannot sin
(Gk. Aphthartos)

A believer has assurance of ‘eternal life’ per God’s promise (e.g. 1Jn 5:13), but will not
actually obtain the spiritual body until after the resurrection/judgment (cf. 1Cor 15:51-53)
 36 Resurrection – Strong’s Concordance
Original Word Word Origin
ajnavstasiß from (450)
Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling
Anastasis an-as'-tas-is
Parts of Speech Noun Feminine

Definition

1. a raising up, rising (e.g. from a seat)

2. a rising from the dead
a. that of Christ
b. that of all men at the end of this present age
c. the resurrection of certain ones in history who were restored to life (Heb.
11:35, Mt 27:52, Jn 11:21-44)

King James Word Usage - Total: 42

resurrection 39, rising again 1, that should rise 1, raised to life again

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