Christ was shut up in the tomb, and He could not come forth. The Bible
says that God, the Father, raised Christ from the dead. Christ did not
raise Himself from the dead, or else He was not really dead and His
words could not have been true when He said, “I can do nothing
on my own.” (John 5:30)
Acts 2:24: God raised him up, loosing the pangs of
death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
Acts 2:32: This Jesus God raised up, and of that we
all are witnesses.
Acts 3:15: and you killed the Author of life, whom God
raised from the dead.
Acts 4:10: let it be known to all of you and to all the people
of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified,
whom God raised from the dead--by him this man is standing
before you well.
Acts 5:30: The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom
you killed by hanging him on a tree.
Acts 10:40-41: but God raised him on the third day
and made him to appear, not to all the people but to us who had been
chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose
from the dead.
Acts 13:29-39: And when they had carried out all that was
written of him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a
tomb. But God raised him from the dead...And we bring you the
good news that what God promised to the fathers, this he has fulfilled
to us their children by raising Jesus...And as for the fact
that he raised him from the dead...but he whom God raised
up did not see corruption. Let it be known to you therefore, brothers,
that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and
by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you
could not be freed by the law of Moses.
Acts 17:31: because he has fixed a day on which he will judge
the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of
this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
Romans 4:22-25: That is why his faith was "counted to
him as righteousness." But the words "it was counted to
him" were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also.
It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the
dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and
raised for our justification.
Romans 6:4: We were buried therefore with him by baptism into
death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by
the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Romans 8:11: If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the
dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit
who dwells in you.
Romans 10:9: because, if you confess with your mouth that
Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from
the dead, you will be saved.
1 Corinthians 6:14: And God raised the Lord and will
also raise us up by his power.
1 Corinthians 15:15: We are even found to be misrepresenting
God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ,
whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
2 Corinthians 4:14: knowing that he who raised the Lord
Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into
his presence.
Galatians 1:1: Paul, an apostle--not from men nor through
man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him
from the dead.
Ephesians 1:20: that he worked in Christ when he raised
him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly
places.
Colossians 2:12: having been buried with him in baptism, in
which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful
working of God, who raised him from the dead.
1 Thessalonians 1:10: and to wait for his Son from heaven,
whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the
wrath to come.
Hebrews 13:20: Now may the God of peace who brought again
from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep,
by the blood of the eternal covenant.
1 Peter 1:20-21: He was foreknown before the foundation of
the world but was made manifest in the last times for your sake, who
through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead
and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
Some use the following verse to prove that Jesus Christ did not die
completely,
John 10:17-18: For this reason the Father loves me, because
I lay down my life that I may take it up again. No one takes
it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority
to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge
I have received from my Father."
The Greek word that was translated “I may take,”
(Strong’s Concordance number 2983) can also mean: “to receive
(what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back.” Please notice
that this word is also used in verse 18 but is translated “I
have received.” Christ laid down His life that He might receive
it again. The Greek word that in some versions is translated as “power”
can also mean “authority, permission.” Thus, this verse
can be interpreted as follows:
Christ had permission to lay down His life so that
He could receive it again from His Father.
