What does the Bible say about resurrection of christ?

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• 1 Peter 1:3

  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

• John 11:25

  Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live.

• Luke 24:1-53

  [1] But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared. [2] They found the stone rolled away from the tomb. [3] They entered in, and didn't find the Lord Jesus' body. [4] It happened, while they were greatly perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling clothing. [5] Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? [6] He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee, [7] saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?" [8] They remembered his words, [9] returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. [10] Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles. [11] These words seemed to them to be nonsense, and they didn't believe them. [12] But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened. [13] Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem. [14] They talked with each other about all of these things which had happened. [15] It happened, while they talked and questioned together, that Jesus himself came near, and went with them. [16] But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. [17] He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?" [18] One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened there in these days?" [19] He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people; [20] and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. [21] But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. [22] Also, certain women of our company amazed us, having arrived early at the tomb; [23] and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. [24] Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him." [25] He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! [26] Didn't the Christ have to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?" [27] Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. [28] They drew near to the village, where they were going, and he acted like he would go further. [29] They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them. [30] It happened, that when he had sat down at the table with them, he took the bread and gave thanks. Breaking it, he gave to them. [31] Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight. [32] They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?" [33] They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them, [34] saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" [35] They related the things that happened along the way, and how he was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread. [36] As they said these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace be to you." [37] But they were terrified and filled with fear, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. [38] He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts? [39] See my hands and my feet, that it is truly me. Touch me and see, for a spirit doesn't have flesh and bones, as you see that I have." [40] When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. [41] While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" [42] They gave him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. [43] He took them, and ate in front of them. [44] He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled." [45] Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures. [46] He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, [47] and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem. [48] You are witnesses of these things. [49] Behold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high." [50] He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. [51] It happened, while he blessed them, that he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven. [52] They worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, [53] and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

• Romans 8:11

  But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

• Romans 10:9

  that if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

• Romans 6:4

  We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.

• Acts 17:31

  because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead."

• 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

  [1] Now I declare to you, brothers, the Gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand, [2] by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. [3] For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, [4] that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, [5] and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. [6] Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep. [7] Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, [8] and last of all, as to the child born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. [9] For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God. [10] But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. [11] Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. [12] Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? [13] But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. [14] If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain. [15] Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised. [16] For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised. [17] If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins. [18] Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. [19] If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable. [20] But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. [21] For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man. [22] For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. [23] But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming. [24] Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power. [25] For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. [26] The last enemy that will be abolished is death. [27] For, "He put all things in subjection under his feet." But when he says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that he is excepted who subjected all things to him. [28] When all things have been subjected to him, then the Son will also himself be subjected to him who subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all. [29] Or else what will they do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead aren't raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead? [30] Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour? [31] I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. [32] If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then "let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." [33] Don't be deceived! "Evil companionships corrupt good morals." [34] Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame. [35] But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?" [36] You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies. [37] That which you sow, you don't sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind. [38] But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own. [39] All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds. [40] There are also celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial differs from that of the terrestrial. [41] There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory. [42] So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. [43] It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. [44] It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body. [45] So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. [46] However that which is spiritual isn't first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual. [47] The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven. [48] As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. [49] As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let's also bear the image of the heavenly. [50] Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can't inherit the Kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. [51] Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, [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 incorruptible, and we will be changed. [53] For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. [54] But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory." [55] "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?" [56] The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. [57] But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. [58] Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:14

  For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who have fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

• 1 Corinthians 15:20

  But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

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