1 Corinthians 15:4

Easy-to-Read Version

that he was buried and was raised to life on the third day, as the Scriptures say;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

King James Version (1611)
And that he was buried, and that he rose againe the third day according to the Scriptures.

King James Version
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

English Standard Version
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

New American Standard Bible
and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

New Century Version
that he was buried and was raised to life on the third day as the Scriptures say;

Amplified Bible
and that He was buried, and that He was [bodily] raised on the third day according to [that which] the Scriptures [foretold],

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Legacy Standard Bible
and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Berean Standard Bible
that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Contemporary English Version
He was buried, and three days later he was raised to life, as the Scriptures say.

Complete Jewish Bible
and he was buried; and he was raised on the third day, in accordance with what the Tanakh says;

Darby Translation
and that he was buried; and that he was raised the third day, according to the scriptures;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And that he was buried, and that he arose the third day, according to the Scriptures,

George Lamsa Translation
And that he was buried, and that he rose again on the third day according to the scriptures:

Good News Translation
that he was buried and that he was raised to life three days later, as written in the Scriptures;

Lexham English Bible
and that he was buried, and that he was raised up on the third day according to the scriptures,

Literal Translation
and that He was buried, and that He was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures,

American Standard Version
and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;

Bible in Basic English
And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

Hebrew Names Version
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

International Standard Version
he was buried, he was raised on the third day in keeping with the Scriptures - and is still alive!Psalm 2:7; 16:10; Isaiah 53:10; Hosea 6:2; Luke 24:26,46; Acts 2:25-31; 13:33-35; 26:22-23; 1 Peter 1:11;">[xr] -

Etheridge Translation
and that he was buried, and arose the third day, as it is written.

Murdock Translation
and that he was buried and arose on the third day, as it is written:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And that he was buryed, and that he arose agayne the thirde day, accordyng to the scriptures:

English Revised Version
and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;

World English Bible
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
according to the scriptures, And that he was buried, and that he was raised the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve.

Weymouth's New Testament
that He was buried; that He rose to life again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that he was biried, and that he roos ayen in the thridde dai, after scripturis;

Update Bible Version
and that he was buried; and that he has been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;

Webster's Bible Translation
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

New English Translation
and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures,

New King James Version
and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,

New Living Translation
He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said.

New Life Bible
Christ was buried. He was raised from the dead three days later as the Holy Writings said He would.

New Revised Standard
and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And that he was buried, and that he hath been raised, on the third day, according to the Scriptures, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And that he was buried: and that he rose again according to the scriptures:

Revised Standard Version
that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
and that he was buried and that he arose agayne the thyrd daye accordinge to the scriptures:

Young's Literal Translation
and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and that he was buried, and that he rose agayne ye thirde daye acordinge to the scriptures,

Mace New Testament (1729)
that he was buried, and rose again the third day, as the scriptures foretold:

Simplified Cowboy Version
He was buried in a tomb for three days and then walked out like nothin' ever happened, just like the Good Book said he would.

Contextual Overview

¹ Now, brothers and sisters, I want you to remember the Good News I told you. You received that Good News message, and you continue to base your life on it. ² That Good News, the message you heard from me, is God's way to save you. But you must continue believing it. If you don't, you believed for nothing. ³ I gave you the message that I received. I told you the most important truths: that Christ died for our sins, as the Scriptures say; ⁴ that he was buried and was raised to life on the third day, as the Scriptures say; ⁵ and that he appeared to Peter and then to the twelve apostles. ⁶ After that Christ appeared to more than 500 other believers at the same time. Most of them are still living today, but some have died. ⁷ Then he appeared to James and later to all the apostles. ⁸ Last of all, he appeared to me. I was different, like a baby born before the normal time. ⁹ All the other apostles are greater than I am. I say this because I persecuted the church of God. That is why I am not even good enough to be called an apostle. ¹⁰ But, because of God's grace, that is what I am. And his grace that he gave me was not wasted. I worked harder than all the other apostles. (But I was not really the one working. It was God's grace that was with me.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that: Isaiah 53:9, Matthew 27:57-60, Mark 15:43-46, Luke 23:50-53, John 19:38-42, Acts 13:29, Romans 6:4, Colossians 2:12

he rose: 1 Corinthians 15:16-21, Matthew 20:19, Matthew 27:63, Matthew 27:64, Matthew 28:1-6, Mark 9:31, Mark 10:33, Mark 10:34, Mark 16:2-7, Luke 9:22, Luke 18:32, Luke 18:33, Luke 24:5-7, John 2:19-21, John 20:1-9, Acts 1:3, Acts 2:23, Acts 2:24, Acts 2:32, Acts 13:30, Acts 17:31, Hebrews 13:20

according: Psalms 2:7, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 16:11, Isaiah 53:10-12, Hosea 6:2, Jonah 1:17, Matthew 12:40, Luke 24:26, Luke 24:46, Acts 2:25-33, Acts 13:30-37, Acts 26:22, Acts 26:23, 1 Peter 1:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:4 - third Leviticus 7:17 - on the third Numbers 19:12 - third day Psalms 40:7 - in the Matthew 16:21 - began Matthew 17:23 - the third Matthew 28:7 - he goeth Mark 8:31 - and after Mark 14:28 - General Luke 22:22 - truly Luke 24:44 - that all John 19:42 - laid John 20:9 - that Acts 3:18 - those Acts 10:40 - General Acts 17:18 - Jesus Acts 18:28 - convinced Acts 25:19 - which Romans 4:25 - Who was 1 Corinthians 5:7 - Christ 1 Corinthians 15:11 - General 1 Corinthians 15:12 - if 1 Corinthians 15:20 - now 1 Thessalonians 1:10 - whom 2 Timothy 2:8 - raised 2 Timothy 3:15 - the holy

Cross-References

Genesis 17:16
I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her."

Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Don't worry about the boy and the slave woman. Do what Sarah wants. Your descendants will be those who come through Isaac.

2 Samuel 7:12
"‘When your life is finished, you will die and be buried with your ancestors. But then I will make one of your own children become the king.

2 Samuel 16:11
David also said to Abishai and all his servants, "Look, my very own son is trying to kill me, so why shouldn't this man from the tribe of Benjamin want to do the same? Leave him alone. Let him continue to curse me. The Lord told him to do this.

2 Chronicles 32:21
Then the Lord sent an angel to the king of Assyria's camp. That angel killed all the soldiers, leaders, and officers in the Assyrian army. So the king of Assyria went back home to his own country, and his people were ashamed of him. He went into the temple of his god and some of his own sons killed him there with a sword.

Galatians 4:28
My brothers and sisters, you are children who were born because of God's promise, just as Isaac was.

Philemon 1:12
I am sending him back to you, but it's as hard as losing part of myself.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And that he was buried,.... That is, according to the Scriptures; for as he died and rose again according to the Scriptures, he was buried according to them; which speak of his being in hell, in "sheol", in the grave, and of his making his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, Psalms 16:10 and which had their accomplishment through Joseph of Arimathea, a rich man, who begged the body of Jesus, wrapped in linen, and laid it in his own new tomb. And besides these Scripture prophecies of his burial, Jonah's being three days and three nights in the whale's belly was a type of it, and according to which our Lord himself foretold it, Matthew 12:40. Now since this was prophesied of, and typified, and had its actual accomplishment, it was very proper for the apostle to take notice of it, both to confirm the certainty of Christ's death, and the truth of his resurrection, which his death and burial are mentioned, in order to lead on to, and next follows:

and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures: that he should rise again from the dead was very plainly hinted or expressed in several prophecies which speak of the rising of his dead body, of its not being left in the grave so long as to see corruption; and which therefore could not be in it more than three days; and of his lifting up his head after he had drank of the brook by the way; of his ascension to heaven, and session at the right hand of God, which suppose his resurrection, Isaiah 26:19. And that he should rise again the third day, is not only suggested in Hosea 6:2 but was prefigured by the deliverance of Isaac on the third day after Abraham had given him up for dead, from whence he received him, in a figure of Christ's resurrection; and by Jonah's deliverance out of the whale's belly, after he had been in it three days. The Jews take a particular notice of the third day as remarkable for many things they observe e, as

"of the third day Abraham lift up his eyes, Genesis 22:4 of the third day of the tribes, Genesis 42:18 of the third day of the spies, Joshua 2:16 of the third day of the giving of the law, Exodus 19:16 of the third day of Jonah, Jonah 1:17 of the third day of them that came out of the captivity, Ezra 8:15 of the third day of the resurrection of the dead, as it is written, Hosea 6:2 "after two days will he revive us, in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight".''

From which passage, it is clear, that they under stood the prophecy in Hosea of the resurrection of the dead; and it is observable, that among the remarkable third days they take notice of, are the two instances of Isaac's and Jonah's deliverances, which were Scripture types of Christ's resurrection. From which observations they establish this as a maxim f, that

"God does not leave the righteous in distress more than three days.''

That Christ did rise again from the dead, in pursuance of those prophecies and types, the apostle afterwards proves by an induction of particular instances of persons who were eyewitnesses of it.

e Bereshit Rabba, sect. 56. fol. 49. 3. f Mattanot Cehunah in ib.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And that he was buried - That is, evidently according to the Scriptures; see Isaiah 53:9.

And that he rose again the third day ... - That is, that he should rise from the dead was foretold in the Scriptures. It is not of necessity implied that it was predicted that he should rise “on the third day,” but that he should rise from the dead. See the argument for this stated in the discourse of Peter, in Acts 2:24-32. The particular passage which is there urged in proof of his resurrection is derived from Psalms 16:1-11.