King James Version
1 Corinthians 15:4 in the King James Version says “And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”
1 Corinthians 15:4 · KJV
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. keep: or, hold fast what: Gr. by what speech
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
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.
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“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“he rose again”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“the third”
G5154third; neuter (as noun) a third part, or (as adverb) a (or the) third time, thirdly
“day”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“according”
G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
“to the scriptures”
G1124a document, i.e., holy writ (or its contents or a statement in it)
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