Resurrection (386) anastasis by Greek Word Studies

Resurrection (386) (anastasis from ana = up, again + histemi = to cause to stand) literally means “to stand again" or "to cause to stand again" and most NT uses refer to a physical body rising from the dead or coming back to life after having once died. The resurrection is distinguished from belief in reincarnation, which usually involves a series of rebirths from which the soul may seek release. Resurrection has primary reference to the body. The resurrection is the central, defining doctrine and claim of the gospel for as Paul wrote "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain." (1Cor 15:14) Anastasis - 42x in 40v in NAS - 23" class="scriptRef">Matt. 22:23, 8" class="scriptRef">28, 30, 31; Mk. 12:18, 23; Lk. 2:34; 14:14; 20:27, 33" class="scriptRef">33, 35, 36; Jn. 5:29; 11:24, 25; Acts 1:22; 2:31; 4:2, 33; 17:18, 32; 23:6, 8; 24:15, 21" class="scriptRef">21; 26:23; Ro 1:4; 6:5; 1 Co. 15:12, 13, 21, 42; Phil. 3:10; 2Ti 2:18; Heb. 6:2; 11:35; 1Pe 1:3; 3:21; Rev. 20:5, 6) and 4 times in the Septuagint (LXX) (Ps. 66:1 reads in LXX "For the end, a Song of Psalm of resurrection."; Lam. 3:63; Dan. 11:20; Zeph. 3:8) but none of these OT uses refer to physical resurrection as used in this verse. See more on resurrection in Torrey's Topical Listing; or click on the articles in the following Bible dictionaries, all of which discuss resurrection (Easton; Easton (2); Holman; Holman (2); ISBE; ISBE (2)) Speaking to Martha on the occasion of the death of her brother Lazarus, Jesus in His fifth great "I Am" statement declared I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies. (Jn 11:25) Martha had just declared her belief in the resurrection (implying that she believed the OT Scriptures) stating I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” (Jn 11:24) What Jesus did was move Mary from an abstract belief in the resurrection that will take place "at the last day" (cf. Jn 5:28, 29) to a personal faith in Him Who Alone can raise the dead. Beloved, remember that wherever Jesus is, God’s resurrection power is available now (Ro 6:4-note; Ga 2:20- note; Php 3:10-note). Given these clear references to the resurrection it is interesting that "the Sadducees...say that there is no resurrection" (Mt 22:23), the very subject on which they attempted to entrap Jesus. Jesus rebuked them declaring that regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." (Mt 22:31-32) Jesus’ argument was taken from the Pentateuch (the Sadducees recognized only the authority of Moses) where the Septuagint translates “I AM” in (Ex 3:6) with the present tense which speaks of continuous existence. After Abraham and Isaac and Jacob were long dead, the Lord said in essence He was still their God every bit as much as when they were on earth, the clear implication being that they were alive, which in turn presupposes the patriarch's resurrection from the grave. This subtle but effective argument utterly silenced the Sadducees. Jesus addressing one of the leaders of the Pharisees (who believed in the resurrection) who had invited Him to eat at his house on the Sabbath, declared that there would be rewards at the resurrection, stating that "you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you (those to whom hospitality was shown); for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” (Lu 14:14) Jesus addressing a multitude of Jews seeking to kill Him stated that an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment." (Jn 5:28, 29) (See The Two Resurrections - "First" and "Second" - on a timeline) Every person who has every lived will participate in one of these two resurrections. Jesus was not teaching salvation by works but a salvation that produced good works. He went on to make it clear that salvation was based on the work of God, that you believe in Him Whom He has sent.” (Jn 6:29) The only work that God requires of people for salvation is faith in His Son and was not a "physical" work but simply placing one's trusted in the Messiah's finished work of salvation. From other Scriptures this resurrection equates with the "first resurrection" which precedes the "second" resurrection by 1000 years (the Millennial reign of Christ = the Messianic Age). John records "The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him first resurrection for a thousand years." (Re 20:5, 6-notes Re 20:5; 20:6) (Click here or here for more on the "first resurrection") In preparing to select a replacement apostle for Judas, Peter emphasized that not only was it necessary for him to have witnessed the Lord's entire earthly ministry, from baptism to ascension, but the one selected be a witness with us of His resurrection. (Acts 1:22) Later Peter alludes to the prophesy of Messiah's resurrection in the OT, declaring that David looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay. (Acts 2:31 quoting Ps 16:10 -Note) Peter’s argument is that Psalm 16 speaks of a resurrection and since David was not resurrected, it cannot speak of him but instead prophesies Messiah's resurrection from the dead. The truth of Messiah's resurrection formed one the central message for the proclamation of the gospel, Luke recording that the priests, captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees, were greatly disturbed because (Peter and John) were teaching the people (in Jerusalem) and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. (Acts 4:2) Paul in defending himself before the Sanhedrin perceived "that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees" and so he "began crying out in the Council, Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead! (Acts 23:6) Thus Paul was asserting his belief in the resurrection of Christ as the central truth of the gospel message, which he later reaffirmed in 1Corinthians 15 explaining that if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. (1Cor 15:14)... But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. (1Cor 15:20) Christ's resurrection is the first of the harvest to eternal life and guarantees that all of the saints who have died will be resurrected also. In Romans Paul explains how a believer's union with Christ's death, burial and resurrection result in a new quality of life no longer dominated by the power of sin. Paul explains that believers have been buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life." (see note Romans 6:4) Peter was an eyewitness of not only His glory (2Pe 1:16, 17, 18-note; Mt 17:1-6) but also of His resurrected body from the dead (1Cor 15:5 which seems to suggest a private "audience", Lk 24:36-49 Jn 20:19,26, 21:7,14, Acts 1:1-14) Luke uses anastasis figuratively recording that after Simeon blessed Jesus' parents, he said "to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise (anastasis) of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed". (Lk 2:34) To those who reject Him, Jesus becomes a Stone of stumbling (1Pe 2:8-note) and those who confess Him as Lord and Savior are "raised...up with Him and seated...with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus" (see note Ephesians 2:6). The Greek word anastasis is used only four times in the Septuagint (LXX), the Greek translation of the Hebrew OT, but none of these uses clearly describes the resurrection. Nevertheless the resurrection is taught in the Old Testament, for the writer of Hebrews tells us that Abraham believed in the resurrection, writing that "He considered that God is able to raise men even from the dead; from which he also received him (Isaac in Ge 22:122) back as a type." (He 11:19-note) Isaiah records that Your dead will live; their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, for your dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. (Isaiah 26:19) Job declared as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God. (Job 19:25, 26) In Daniel we read that many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. (Da 12:2) Thus Daniel gives us a preview of two distinct resurrections which are explained in more detail in the New Testament references above. ><>><>><> J C Philpot Devotional (June 21)... The resurrection of Jesus Christ was God's grand attestation to the truth of his divine mission and Sonship, for by it he was "declared to be the Son of God with power." It therefore set a divine stamp upon his sacrifice, blood shedding, and death; showed God's acceptance of his offering; and that sin was thus forever put away. Now, just think what would have been the dreadful consequences if Christ had not been raised from the dead, or if we had no infallible proofs (Acts 1:3) of his resurrection. There would have been, there could have been no forgiveness of sin (1Co 15:17); and therefore, when the conscience became awakened to a sense of guilt and condemnation, there could have been nothing before it but black and gloomy despair. But Christ being raised from the dead and having gone up on high to be the High Priest over the house of God, and the Holy Spirit bearing witness of this both in the word and through the word to the soul, a door of hope is opened even in the very valley of Achor. The Holy Spirit, who would not have been given had not Christ risen from the dead and gone to the Father, now comes and testifies of him to the soul, takes of the things which are his, reveals them to the heart, and raises up faith to look unto and believe in him as the Son of God, and thus, according to the measure of the revelation, it abounds in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit (Ro 15:13-note). 1 Peter 1:4 to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable & undefiled & will not fade away, reserved (RPP) in heaven for you (NASB: Lockman) Greek: eis kleronomian aphtharton kai hamianton kai amaranton, teteremenen (RPP) en ouranois eis humas Amplified: [Born anew] into an inheritance which is beyond the reach of change and decay [imperishable], unsullied and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, (Amplified Bible - Lockman) NLT: For God has reserved a priceless inheritance for his children. It is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. (NLT - Tyndale House) Phillips: You can now hope for a perfect inheritance beyond the reach of change and decay, "reserved" in Heaven for you. (Phillips: Touchstone) Wuest: resulting in an inheritance, imperishable and undefiled, and that does not fade away, which inheritance has been laid up and is now kept guarded in safe deposit in heaven for you (Eerdmans) Young's Literal: to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you, TO OBTAIN AN INHERITANCE: eis klêronomian: Spurgeon... Joy, my brethren, in the glorious inheritance which is prepared for you, unstained, uncorrupted, perfectly pure, and therefore to last for ever, because the elements which produce decay are not in it. It is without sin, and therefore it shall be without end. What a mercy it is to be “kept by the power of God”! See, heaven is kept for us, and we are kept for heaven; heaven is prepared for us, and we are prepared for heaven. There is a double action of God’s grace thus working in us, sad working for us, unto bliss eternal. (1 Peter 1- Commentary ) "Copy and paste the address below into your web browser in order to go to the original page which will allow you to access live links related to the material on this page - these links include Scriptures (which can be read in context), Scripture pop-ups on mouse over, and a variety of related resources such as Bible dictionary articles, commentaries, sermon notes and theological journal articles related to the topic under discussion." http://www.preceptaustin.org/1_peter_13-5.htm#Resurrection%20anastasis

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