Prophecies in the Old Testament regarding the resurrection of Jesus  

• Ps 2:7 – I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.
• Ps 16:10 – For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
• Isa 53:10 – Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

Jesus mistaken as John the Baptist resurrecting from the dead 

• Mt 14:2 – and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him."
• Lk 9:7 – Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead,
• Lk 9:19 – And they answered, "John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen."

Timing of Jesus’ resurrection 

• Three days after His death 

  • Mt 16:21 – From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
  • Mt 17:23 – and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were greatly distressed.
  • Mt 20:19 – and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."
  • Mt 27:63 – and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.'
  • Mt 27:64 – Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first."
  • Mk 8:31 – And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
  • Mk 10:34 – And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise."
  • Lk 9:22 – saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
  • Lk 18:33 – And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."
  • Lk 24:7 – that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise."
  • Lk 24:46 – and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,
  • Jn 2:19 – Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
  • Jn 2:20 – The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"
  • Jn 2:21 – But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
  • Acts 10:39 – And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,
  • Acts 10:40 – but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear,
  • 1 Cor 15:4 – that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
  • Cf. Mt 12:40

• On the first day of the week 

  • Mk 16:9 – [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
  • Jn 20:1 – Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

Jesus’ prophecies that He will resurrect 

• Mt 16:21 – From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
• Mt 17:9 – And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Tell no one the vision, until the Son of Man is raised from the dead."
• Mt 17:23 – and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were greatly distressed.
• Mt 20:19 – and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."
• Mt 26:32 – But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee."
• Mt 27:63 – and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.'
• Mk 8:31 – And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
• Mk 9:9 – And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
• Mk 9:10 – So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.
• Mk 9:31 – for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise."
• Mk 10:34 – And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise."
• Mk 14:28 – But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee."
• Lk 9:22 – saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
• Lk 18:33 – And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."
• Lk 24:6 – He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
• Jn 2:19 – Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
• Jn 2:20 – The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?"
• Jn 2:22 – When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Scenes after Jesus’ death and before His resurrection 

• Mt 27:52 – The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
• Mt 27:53 – and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
• Mt 27:64 – Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first."

Events after Jesus’ resurrection  

• Angels tell the women that Jesus has resurrected (Mt 28; Mk 16; Lk 24; Jn 20) 

  • Mt 28:6 – He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.
  • Mt 28:7 – Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you."
  • Lk 24:7 – that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise."
  • Lk 24:46 – and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead,

• Jesus appears to Mary of Magdalene (Jn 20:11-18) 

  • Mk 16:9 – [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
  • Mk 16:11 – But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it.
  • Jn 20:9 – for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

• Jesus appears to the disciples (Mk 16:12-14; Jn 20:10-23; 21:4-14) 

  • Mk 16:6 – And he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
  • Mk 16:14 – Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen.
  • Talks with the two on the way to Emmaus (Lk 24:13-27)
  • Lk 24:34 – saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"
  • 1 Cor 15:6 – Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
  • Jn 21:14 – This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead.
  • Appears to Thomas (Jn 20:26-29)
  • Asking Peter whether he loves Him (Jn 21:13-23)
  • Sent out the disciples (Mt 28:19-20; Mk 16:15-18; Lk 24:47-49)

The apostles proclaim the resurrection of the Lord Jesus 

• Peter and the eleven apostles 

  • Acts 1:22 – beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us–one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection."
  • Acts 2:24 – God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
  • Acts 2:31 – he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
  • Acts 2:32 – This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.
  • Acts 4:33 – And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

• Peter and John 

  • Acts 3:15 – and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
  • Acts 4:2 – greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
  • Acts 5:30 – The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

• Peter 

  • Acts 10:40 – but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear,
  • Acts 10:41 – not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 – For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

• Paul 

  • Acts 13:30 – But God raised him from the dead,
  • Acts 13:34 – And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, "'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'
  • Acts 17:3 – explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."
  • Acts 17:18 – Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, "What does this babbler wish to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities"–because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
  • Acts 17:31 – because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
  • Acts 17:32 – Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, "We will hear you again about this."
  • Acts 13:37 – but he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
  • Acts 23:6 – Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial."
  • Acts 23:8 – For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
  • Acts 24:15 – having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.
  • Acts 24:21 – other than this one thing that I cried out while standing among them: 'It is with respect to the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you this day.'"
  • Acts 26:23 – that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."
  • 1 Cor 15:28 – When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.
  • 1 Cor 15:29 – Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
  • 1 Cor 15:30 – Why am I in danger every hour?
  • 1 Cor 15:31 – I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
  • 1 Cor 15:32 – What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
  • Gal 1:1 – Paul, an apostle–not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead–
  • Eph 1:20 – that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
  • Phil 3:10 – that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
  • 2 Tim 2:8 – Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel,
  • 2 Tim 2:18 – who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened. They are upsetting the faith of some.

• Author of Hebrews

  • Heb 6:2 – and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

• John 

  • Rev 1:5 – and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Our beliefs about the resurrection of Jesus 

• Rom 4:24 – but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
• Rom 10:9 – because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
• 2 Cor 4:14 – knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
• Col 2:12 – having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
• 1 Thess 4:14 – For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

Meaning and importance of Jesus’ resurrection

• Whoever believes in him may have eternal life 

  • Jn 3:14 – And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
  • Jn 3:15 – that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
  • Jn 3:16 – "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
  • Jn 6:39 – And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
  • Jn 6:40 – For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
  • Jn 6:44 – No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
  • Jn 6:54 – Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
  • Jn 11:25 – Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
  • Jn 11:26 – and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
  • Rom 6:8 – Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
  • Rom 6:9 – We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
  • Rom 6:10 – For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
  • Rom 6:11 – So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Rom 10:9 – because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
  • Lk 20:38 – Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."
  • 2 Tim 1:10 – and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
  • 1 Pet 3:21 – Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • Rev 1:18 – and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
  • Rev 21:4 – He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."

• If there is no resurrection of the dead, then our faith is futile and we are still in our sins

  • 1 Cor 6:14 – And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.
  • 1 Cor 15:12 – Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
  • 1 Cor 15:13 – But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
  • 1 Cor 15:14 – And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
  • 1 Cor 15:15 – We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
  • 1 Cor 15:16 – For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
  • 1 Cor 15:17 – And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
  • 1 Cor 15:18 – Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
  • 1 Cor 15:19 – If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
  • 1 Cor 15:29 – Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?
  • 1 Cor 15:30 – Why am I in danger every hour?
  • 1 Cor 15:31 – I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
  • 1 Cor 15:32 – What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
  • 1 Cor 15:33 – Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."
  • 1 Cor 15:34 – Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

• It gives us the hope of resurrection 

  • 1 Cor 15:55 – "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
  • 1 Cor 15:56 – The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
  • 1 Cor 15:57 – But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
  • 2 Cor 4:14 – knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.
  • 2 Cor 5:15 – and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
  • 1 Thess 1:10 – and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
  • 1 Thess 4:14 – For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Thess 4:15 – For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Thess 4:16 – For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
  • 1 Thess 4:17 – Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
  • 2 Tim 2:11 – The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
  • Heb 11:35 – Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

• Christ is the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep 

  • 1 Cor 15:20 – But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Cor 15:21 – For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
  • 1 Cor 15:22 – For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
  • 1 Cor 15:23 – But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.
  • Col 1:18 – And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
    • See Rm 8:29

• By his resurrection Jesus was declared to be the Son of God 

  • Rom 1:4 – and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
  • Lk 20:36 – for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

• Jesus was raised for our justification

  • Rom 4:24 – but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
  • Rom 4:25 – who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

• Just as Christ was raised we might walk in newness of life 

  • Rom 6:4 – We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
  • Rom 6:5 – For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.

• Christ who was raised is interceding for us 

  • Rom 8:34 – Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised–who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.
  • Heb 7:25 – Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

• God has given assurance to all by raising Jesus from the dead

  • Acts 17:31 – because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."

• We belong to Christ who has been raised from the dead

  • Rom 7:4 – Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

• We belong to Christ who has been raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God 

  • Rom 7:4 – Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

• Christ died and lived again that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living 

  • Rom 14:9 – For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.。

• If we have been raised with Christ, we should seek the things that are above 

  • Col 3:1 – If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

• God raised Jesus from the dead that may receive the holy and sure blessings of David 

  • Acts 13:34 – And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, "'I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.'

The son of the widow of Zarephath 

• 1 Kgs 17:22 – And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.

The son of the Shunammite woman 

• 2 Kgs 4:34 – Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.
• 2 Kgs 4:35 – Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
• 2 Kgs 4:36 – Then he summoned Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, "Pick up your son."

The man who touched the bones of Elisha

• 2 Kgs 13:21 – And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

The daughter of the ruler of the synagogue  

• Mt 9:18 – While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
• Mt 9:25 – But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
• Mt 10:8 – Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
• Mk 5:23 – and implored him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live."
• Lk 8:55 – And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat.

Lazarus 

• Jn 11:23 – Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
• Jn 11:24 – Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day."
• Jn 12:1 – Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
• Jn 12:9 – When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
• Jn 12:17 – The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.

The only son of the widow of Nain 

• Lk 7:14 – Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise."

Dorcas

• Acts 9:41 – And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

Eutychus 

• Acts 20:9 – And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
• Acts 20:10 –  But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, "Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him."

God resurrects Jesus from the dead 

• Acts 2:24 – God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
• Acts 3:15 – and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
• Acts 2:32 – This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.
• Acts 4:10 – let it be known to all of you 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 5:30 – The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
• Acts 10:40 – but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear,
• Acts 13:30 – But God raised him from the dead,
• Acts 13:33 – this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, "'You are my Son, today I have begotten you.'
• Acts 13:37 – but he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
• Acts 17:31 – because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead."
• Rom 4:24 – but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,
• Rom 8:11 – If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
• Rom 10:9 – because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
• 1 Cor 6:14 – And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.
• 1 Cor 15:15 – We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
• Gal 1:1 – Paul, an apostle–not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead–
• Eph 1:20 – that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

God resurrects the dead 

• Jn 5:21 – For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
• Acts 26:8 – Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?
• Rom 4:17 – as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"–in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.
• 2 Cor 1:9 – Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
• 2 Cor 1:9 – Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
• Heb 11:19 – He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

The daughter of the ruler of the synagogue 

• Mt 9:18 – While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
• Mt 9:25 – But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.
• Mt 10:8 – Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.
• Mk 5:23 – and implored him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live."
• Lk 8:55 – And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. And he directed that something should be given her to eat.

The only son of the widow of Nain 

• Lk 7:14 – Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say to you, arise."

Lazarus 

• Jn 11:23 – Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
• Jn 11:25 – Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
• Jn 12:1 – Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
• Jn 12:9 – When the large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not only on account of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
• Jn 12:17 – The crowd that had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to bear witness.

• Mt 11:5 – the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
• Lk 7:22 – And he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.

Whoever hears Jesus’ word and believes has passed from death to life

• Jn 5:24 – Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever 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.
• Jn 5:25 – "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

We are raised with Christ in baptism

• Rom 6:4 – We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
• Rom 6:5 – For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
• Rom 6:8 – Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
• Rom 6:9 – We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
• Rom 6:10 – For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God.
• Rom 6:11 – So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
• Rom 6:13 – Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.
• Col 2:12 – having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.

We were made alive together with Christ when we were dead in trespasses 

• Eph 2:1 – And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
• Eph 2:5 – even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ–by grace you have been saved–
• Eph 5:14 – for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

Having been raised with Christ, we ought to seek the things that are above 

• Col 3:1 – If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

Old testament prophecies of the resurrection of the dead  

• Job 19:25 – For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
• Job 19:26 – And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
• Isa 26:19 – Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
• Isa 55:3 – Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
• Dan 12:2 – And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Jesus discusses resurrection 

• Those who are resurrected 

  • They are equal to angels and are sons of God 

    • Mt 22:23 – The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,
    • Mt 22:28 – In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her."
    • Mt 22:29 – But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
    • Mt 22:30 – For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
    • Mt 22:31 – And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:
    • Mt 22:32 – 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living."
    • Mk 12:18 – And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,
    • Mk 12:23 – In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife."
    • Mk 12:25 – For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
    • Mk 12:26 – And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?
    • Lk 14:14 – and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."
    • Lk 20:27 – There came to him some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection,
    • Lk 20:33 – In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife."
    • Lk 20:35 – but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,
    • Lk 20:36 – for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
    • Lk 20:37 – But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
    • Lk 20:38 – Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live to him."

• All who are in the tombs will hear the voice of the Son of Man and come out 

  • Jn 5:27 – And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
  • Jn 5:28 – Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
  • Jn 5:29 – and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

• Everyone who believes in the Son will be raised up

  • Jn 6:40 – For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

The apostles discuss resurrection 

• The resurrected body 

  • A different body 

    • 1 Cor 15:35 – But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"
    • 1 Cor 15:36 – You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
    • 1 Cor 15:37 – And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
    • 1 Cor 15:38 – But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.
    • 1 Cor 15:39 – For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.
    • 1 Cor 15:40 – There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another.
    • 1 Cor 15:41 – There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.
    • 1 Cor 15:42 – So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.
    • 1 Cor 15:43 – It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
    • 1 Cor 15:44 – It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

  • We shall bear the image of the man of heaven 

    • 1 Cor 15:45 – Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
    • 1 Cor 15:46 – But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
    • 1 Cor 15:47 – The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
    • 1 Cor 15:48 – As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.
    • 1 Cor 15:49 – Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
    • 1 Cor 15:50 – I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

  • A changed body 

    • 1 Cor 15:51 – Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
    • 1 Cor 15:52 – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
    • 1 Cor 15:53 – For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
    • 1 Cor 15:54 – When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
    • Phil 3:21 – who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
      • See 1Jn 3:2

• Receive inheritance [footnote text=“The following verses do not explicitly mention resurrection. But based on 2 Corinthians 5:1-5, we may infer that God gives us the Holy Spirit as a guarantee of the resurrection. Ephesians 1:13-14 states further that we are sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance. Thus, when the Bible speaks of our future inheritance, it is implicitly alluding to our resurrection.”]

  • Acts 20:32 – And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
  • Acts 26:18 – to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
  • 2 Cor 5:1 – For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • 2 Cor 5:2 – For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling,
  • 2 Cor 5:3 – if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked.
  • 2 Cor 5:4 – For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened–not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
  • 2 Cor 5:5 – He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
  • Eph 1:14 – who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
  • Col 1:12 – giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
  • Col 3:24 – knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
  • 1 Pet 1:4 – to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
  • Heb 9:15 – 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 that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

• The dead in Christ will rise first 

  • 1 Thess 4:14 – For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Thess 4:15 – For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Thess 4:16 – For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
  • 1 Thess 4:17 – Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.

• The end after the resurrection 

  • 1 Cor 15:24 – Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.
  • 1 Cor 15:25 – For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
  • 1 Cor 15:26 – The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
  • 1 Cor 15:27 – For "God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "all things are put in subjection," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him.
  • 1 Cor 15:28 – When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

Also see Rm 8:18-30 regarding the redemption of the bodies and the sons of God receiving glory.