11 Bible Verses about Jesus Christ, Resurrection

but killed the prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

which were buried (as Christ was) in your baptism, by virtue of which you rise (as he did) to a new life, through a belief of that divine power, which raised him from the dead.

which he exerted in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at the head of his heavenly kingdom,

for if the spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead, dwell in you; he that raised up Christ from the dead, shall likewise restore your mortal bodies to life, by his spirit that dwelleth in you.

having delivered him from the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be overpower'd by it.

But Christ is actually risen, as previous to those who were dead.

but every one in proper order: Christ has the precedence, next they who were Christians shall rise at his advent.

that he should be the first that was to rise from the dead: and that he should enlighten both the Jews and the Gentiles."

it is he, that will change our vile body into a like form with his glorious body, by displaying that power which is able to subdue all things unto himself.

for as we have born the image of the terrestrial, so we shall bear the image of the celestial.

for if we resembled him with regard to death, certainly we shall likewise do so with regard to his resurrection:

and deliver him up to the Gentiles, to be insulted, scourged, and crucified: but the third day he shall rise again.

as they were going down the mountain, he order'd them not to tell any body what they had seen, till the son of man was raised from the dead:

but after I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

Jesus answered them, saying, destroy this temple, and within three days I will raise it up. to this said the Jews, forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? but by the temple he meant his body. read more.
and when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembred that expression of his: and they believed the scripture, and what Jesus had said.

which however appear'd to them such a delirious tale, they could not give credit to any of them.

but they were in a consternation and fright, imagining, that they saw a spirit. upon which he said to them, why are you in this confusion? what is it, that your minds are so perplex'd?

and they went and acquainted the rest: but neither did they believe them.

and upon their return from the sepulchre, they related the whole matter to the eleven, and all the other disciples.

'tis this Jesus whom God hath raised up, of which we all are witnesses.

but killed the prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

Great was the power by which the apostles attested the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and they were all greatly favoured by the people.

from his baptism by John, to the day of his assumption, we should chuse one to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

thus it is written, and thus it behov'd Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

that he was buried, and rose again the third day, as the scriptures foretold:

but God raised him up the third day, and shewed him openly,

and if Christ was not raised, your faith is meer illusion, your sins are not yet forgiven.

and if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is empty talk, and your faith even meer amusement.

and while he was blessing them, he was taken from them, and carried up into heaven.

after that he was seen by James; then by all the apostles.

After this discourse, while they beheld, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.

and not finding his body there, they came to tell us, that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

but the angel spoke to the woman, and said, don't be frighted, I know you are seeking Jesus, who was crucified. he is not here: he is risen according to his word: come, see the place where the Lord was laid. then go immediately to tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and that, he goes before you into Galilee, there shall ye see it is him; 'tis I that say it.

whilst they were in great perplexity about it, all of a sudden, two men appear'd before them in robes of light. upon which they were frightned, and bowed themselves to the very ground: but the men said to them, why do you look among the dead for one that is alive? he is not here, but is risen: remember what he told you, when he was yet in Galilee, read more.
that the son of man must be deliver'd into the hands of sinful men; be crucified; and the third day rise again.

behold my hands, and my feet. for I am bodily present, touch me and consider me; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me have:

Thereupon the two disciples related what had hapned on the road, and how they first discover'd who Jesus was at his breaking of bread.

which he took, and did eat in their presence.

but as to his holy spirit miraculously declared to be the son of God, by his resurrection from the dead:

agreeable to what is written in the first psalm, "thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee."

concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the grave; from whence, in a figurative sense, be may be said to have been recover'd.

for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

which were buried (as Christ was) in your baptism, by virtue of which you rise (as he did) to a new life, through a belief of that divine power, which raised him from the dead.

therefore we are buried with him by being plunged into a sort of death: that as Christ was raised up from the dead into a state of glory with the father, even so we also should proceed to a new state of life.

and to show that he rais'd him from the dead, never more to return to corruption, he said thus, "I will faithfully perform the promises, which I made to David." wherefore in another place he says, "thou shalt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption."

Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has regenerated us, and given us by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the expectation of immortal life,

it is by him that you believe in God, who has raised him from the dead, and invested him with glory, that your faith and your hope might be in God.

who shall condemn them? shall Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, and makes intercession for us?

who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

The same day at evening, being the first day of the week, the doors of the house where the disciples were, being shut, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, peace be with you.

But Thomas, that is, Didymus, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

that he should be the first that was to rise from the dead: and that he should enlighten both the Jews and the Gentiles."

they objected certain articles that related only to their superstition, and to one Jesus that was dead, but Paul asserted he was alive.

and if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is empty talk, and your faith even meer amusement. yea, and we are no better than enthusiastic impostors by affirming that God raised up Christ, when he never did raise him up.

Now Jesus being risen early on the first day of the week, he appear'd first to Mary Magdalene, whom he had dispossess'd of seven demons.

so Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples, that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

Jesus answered them, saying, destroy this temple, and within three days I will raise it up.

no man can take it from me, but I voluntarily lay it down: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. this is the order I have received from my father.

for as yet they did not understand from the scripture, that he was to rise again from the dead.

an expression which they dwelt upon, asking one another the meaning of "till he was raised from the dead."

and if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is empty talk, and your faith even meer amusement.

and if Christ was not raised, your faith is meer illusion, your sins are not yet forgiven.

if our expectations as christians all terminate in this life, we of all men are most to be pitied.

after that, he was seen by above five hundred brethren at once: of whom the greater part remain alive to this day, but some are now dead.

after that he was seen by James; then by all the apostles.

and last of all, he was seen by me too, who am as it were an abortive;

Now when they were gone, some of the guards went into the city, and informed the chief priests of all that had happened. and when they were assembled with the senators, and had consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, thus instructing them; do you say "his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. read more.
if this come to the governor's ears, we will appease him, and secure you." so they took the money, and did as they were directed: and this report is still current among the Jews at this day.

In the mean time the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. and when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.

the justification which God grants to those who acknowledge Christ and the power of his resurrection, who suffer after his example, and die to sin, as he died to the world,

saying, sir, we remember that this impostor, when he was alive, said, "after three days I will rise again." pray therefore order a guard to be posted at the sepulchre till the third day, for fear his disciples should come and steal him away, and then tell the people, "he is risen from the dead:" for this last imposture would be of worse consequence than the first. to whom Pilate replied, you have a guard, go then, and make it as secure as you can. read more.
accordingly they went, and having clapt a seal upon the stone, they posted a guard to secure the sepulchre.

then he open'd their minds to make them understand the scriptures, and said to them, thus it is written, and thus it behov'd Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

The same day two of them went to a village named Emmaus, which was distant about threescore furlongs from Jerusalem: and their conversation ran upon all that had lately happened. now while they were conferring and debating together, Jesus himself join'd them and walk'd along with them. read more.
but their eyes were affected so as not to discern who he was. and he said to them, what is the subject of your debate in the way, and why do you look so sad? one of them, Cleopas by name, reply'd, are you such a stranger in Jerusalem as not to know what has so lately happen'd there? what about? said he. why, about Jesus the Nazarean, said they, who was a prophet, eminently recommended, by his doctrine and his works, to the approbation of God and of all the people; and of his being deliver'd up by our chief priests and magistrates to be condemn'd to die, whom they actually crucified: though we expected he would have been the Messiah, that was to deliver Israel: and besides all this, it is now three days since these things were done. 'tis true, some women of our company threw us into a surprize: for going to the sepulchre early in the morning, and not finding his body there, they came to tell us, that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. whereupon some of us went to the sepulchre, and found matters just as the women had related; but him they did not see. then Jesus said to them, how stupidly incredulous are you not to believe things that have been all predicted by the prophets! was not the Messiah to have suffer'd thus, and after that enter into his glory? then beginning at Moses he explain'd all the passages there, and in all the prophets, which related to himself. and they drew nigh the village where they were going: and he seemed as if he would have pass'd on further. but they press'd him, saying, stay with us, for it is late and begins to be dark. so he went in to tarry with them. and as he was at table with them, he took bread, and gave thanks, then brake it and gave it to them; when looking upon him more intently, they perceiv'd that it was Jesus. but he vanish'd out of sight.

Remember that Jesus Christ, who is of the posterity of David, is raised from the dead, according to my gospel,

as they were making the way to his disciples, Jesus himself met them, and said, I salute you. and they came, and embraced his feet, and worshipped him.

for Jesus Christ himself has already suffer'd for our sins, the innocent for the guilty, to bring us to God: who, tho' he died with respect to his body, was rais'd to life by that spirit,

and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you entirely recover'd. this is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but is become the chief of the angle.

Eight days after, when his disciples were again in private, and Thomas with them: Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, peace be with you.

afterwards he appear'd to the eleven, as they were all sitting at table, and he reproved them for their incredulity and obstinacy in not giving credit to those, who had seen him after his resurrection.

the Lord is actually risen, and hath appeared to Simon.

because he has fix'd the day, when he will judge in equity, by that man, whom he has appointed thereto: of which he has given full proof to all the world, by having raised him from the dead."

At length Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples upon the sea-coast of Tiberias; and the manner of his appearance was thus.

Now Jesus being risen early on the first day of the week, he appear'd first to Mary Magdalene, whom he had dispossess'd of seven demons.