The Resurrection
47 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
31 sections
- A Doctrine of the Old Testament
- A First Principle of the Gospel
- Assumed and Proved by Our Lord
- Blessedness of Those Who Have Part in the First
- Called in Question by some in the Church
- Certainty of, Proved by the Resurrection of Christ
- Credibility of, Shown by the Resurrection of Individuals
- Denied by the Sadducees
- Effected by the Power of Christ
- Effected by the Power of God
- Effected by the Power of The Holy Spirit
- Expected by the Jews
- Explained Away by False Teachers
- Illustrated
- Illustrative of the New Birth
- Preached by the Apostles
- Saints In, Shall: Be As the Angels
- Saints In, Shall: Be Glorified with Christ
- Saints In, Shall: Be Recompensed
- Saints In, Shall: Have Bodies Like Christ's
- Saints In, Shall: Have Glorious Bodies
- Saints In, Shall: Have Incorruptible Bodies
- Saints In, Shall: Have Powerful Bodies
- Saints In, Shall: Have Spiritual Bodies
- Saints In, Shall: Rise First
- Saints In, Shall: Rise Through Christ
- Saints In, Shall: Rise to Eternal Life
- Saints should Look Forward To
- Shall be of all the Dead
- The Preaching of, Caused: Mocking
- The Preaching of, Caused: Persecution
A Doctrine of the Old Testament
- Job 19:26 Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
- Psalm 16:10 For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- Psalm 49:15 But God will redeem my life from Sheol, for He will surely take me to Himself. Selah
- Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- Daniel 12:2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
A First Principle of the Gospel
- 1 Corinthians 15:13–14 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. …
- Hebrews 6:1–2 Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God, …
Assumed and Proved by Our Lord
- Matthew 22:29–32 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. …
- Luke 14:14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- John 5:28–29 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice …
Blessedness of Those Who Have Part in the First
- Revelation 20:6 Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
Called in Question by some in the Church
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Certainty of, Proved by the Resurrection of Christ
- 1 Corinthians 15:12–20 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? …
Credibility of, Shown by the Resurrection of Individuals
- Matthew 9:25 After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
- Matthew 27:53 After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
- Luke 7:14 Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”
- John 11:44 The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
- Hebrews 11:35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Denied by the Sadducees
- Matthew 22:23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
- Luke 20:27 Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
- Acts 23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Effected by the Power of Christ
- John 5:28–29 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice …
- John 6:39–40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. …
- John 6:44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Effected by the Power of God
- Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
Effected by the Power of The Holy Spirit
- Romans 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
Expected by the Jews
- John 11:24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
- Hebrews 11:35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Explained Away by False Teachers
- 2 Timothy 2:18 who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.
Illustrated
- Ezekiel 37:1–10 The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. …
- 1 Corinthians 15:36–37 You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. …
Illustrative of the New Birth
- John 5:25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Preached by the Apostles
- Acts 4:2 greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
- Acts 17:18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the …
- Acts 24:15 and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
Saints In, Shall: Be As the Angels
- Matthew 22:30 In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
Saints In, Shall: Be Glorified with Christ
- Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
Saints In, Shall: Be Recompensed
- Luke 14:14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Saints In, Shall: Have Bodies Like Christ's
- Philippians 3:21 who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
- 1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
Saints In, Shall: Have Glorious Bodies
- 1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
Saints In, Shall: Have Incorruptible Bodies
- 1 Corinthians 15:42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
Saints In, Shall: Have Powerful Bodies
- 1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
Saints In, Shall: Have Spiritual Bodies
- 1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
Saints In, Shall: Rise First
- 1 Corinthians 15:23 But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
Saints In, Shall: Rise Through Christ
- John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- Acts 4:2 greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
- 1 Corinthians 15:21–22 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. …
Saints In, Shall: Rise to Eternal Life
- Daniel 12:2 And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- John 5:29 and come out — those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Saints should Look Forward To
- Daniel 12:13 But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”
- Philippians 3:11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
Shall be of all the Dead
- John 5:28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- Acts 24:15 and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
- Revelation 20:13 The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
The Preaching of, Caused: Mocking
- Acts 17:32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some began to mock him, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this topic.”
The Preaching of, Caused: Persecution
- Acts 23:6 Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- Acts 24:11–15 You can verify for yourself that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.