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1 Corinthians 15

1 Cor. 15:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
now
nuni (Greek #3570)
just now
KJV usage: now.
Pronounce: noo-nee'
Origin: a prolonged form of 3568 for emphasis
isg Christ
Christos (Greek #5547)
anointed, i.e. the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus
KJV usage: Christ.
Pronounce: khris-tos'
Origin: from 5548
risen
egeiro (Greek #1453)
to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)
KJV usage: awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-)rise (again, up), stand, take up.
Pronounce: eg-i'-ro
Origin: probably akin to the base of 58 (through the idea of collecting one's faculties)
from
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
the dead
nekros (Greek #3498)
dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
KJV usage: dead.
Pronounce: nek-ros'
Origin: from an apparently primary νέκυς (a corpse)
, and become
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
the firstfruits
aparche (Greek #536)
a beginning of sacrifice, i.e. the (Jewish) first-fruit (figuratively)
KJV usage: first-fruits .
Pronounce: ap-ar-khay'
Origin: from a compound of 575 and 756
h of them
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
that slept
koimao (Greek #2837)
to put to sleep, i.e. (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
KJV usage: (be a-, fall a-, fall on) sleep, be dead.
Pronounce: koy-mah'-o
Origin: from 2749
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1 Peter 1:3• 3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection out of [the] dead, (1 Peter 1:3)
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Acts 26:23• 23whether Christ should suffer, whether he first by resurrection of [the] dead should announce light both to the people and to the Gentiles. (Acts 26:23)
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Col. 1:18• 18And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent: (Col. 1:18)
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Rev. 1:5• 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Cor. 15:4‑8• 4and that he was buried; and that he was raised the third day according to the scriptures;
 5and that he appeared to Cephas, after that to the twelve.
 6After that he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the most remain till now, but some also have fallen asleep.
 7After that he appeared to James, after that to all the apostles;
 8and last of all, as to the abortion, he appeared to me also. (1 Cor. 15:4‑8)
the first-fruits.
1 Cor. 15:23• 23but each in his own rank: [the] firstfruit Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming; (1 Cor. 15:23)
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Acts 26:23• 23whether Christ should suffer, whether he first by resurrection of [the] dead should announce light both to the people and to the Gentiles. (Acts 26:23)
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Rom. 8:11• 11But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus out of [the] dead dwell in you, he that raised Christ out of [the] dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Rom. 8:11)
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Col. 1:18• 18And he is the head of the body, the assembly; who is [the] beginning, firstborn from among the dead, that he might be in all things pre-eminent: (Col. 1:18)
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1 Peter 1:3• 3Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, that according to his abundant mercy begot us again unto a living hope through Jesus Christ's resurrection out of [the] dead, (1 Peter 1:3)
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Rev. 1:5• 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)
• He is said to be, as He was, raised from out of (ἐκ) dead men, as His saints will be at His coming or presence. In either case it is not only ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν, but ἐκ νεκρῶν (that is, resurrection of, but from among dead men,), because in both cases other dead remain in their graves (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:20-28” by W. Kelly)
• Here He is viewed as man who has undergone death; and God intervenes, that He may not remain in it, because here the object is, not to show forth the glory of the Lord’s Person, but to prove our resurrection, since He, a dead man, has been raised. (“1 Corinthians 15” by J.N. Darby)
• Here He is viewed, not in His power to raise His enemies for judgment, but as the blessed spring of the resurrection of His own, firstfruits of those fallen asleep. Consequently He is said to be, as He was, raised from out of (ἐκ) dead men, as His saints will be at His coming or presence. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:20-28” by W. Kelly)
• Resurrection from among the dead is also called “the first resurrection” (Rev. 20:5) and “the resurrection of the just” (Luke 14:14) and involves righteous persons only. There are at least ten accounts in Scripture of persons being raised from the dead, but none of them were of the order of the first resurrection (1 Kings 17:21-22; 2 Kings 4:34-36; 2 Kings 13:20-21; Matt. 9:24-25; 27:52-53; Luke 7:11-15; John 11:38-44; Acts 9:36-41; 14:19-20; 20:9-12). Those who will rise from among the dead at the first resurrection will rise in a glorified condition (Phil 3:21). Each of these ten mentioned accounts of persons who were raised from the dead, died again, and await resurrection. (“9) Failure to Maintain Sound Doctrine” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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(But now Christ is raised from among the dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep.

W. Kelly Translation

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But now is Christ raised from [the] deada, firstfruitb of those fallen asleep.

WK Translation Notes

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a
T. R. adds "he became," contrary to many MSS.
b
The T. R. adds "He became."