Bible Verses About the Resurrection
Scripture on the empty tomb — Christ risen, death defeated, and hope that outlasts the grave.
The resurrection is the hinge of history and the heart of Christian hope. Because Christ rose, death is not the end and faith is not in vain. These verses gather Scripture's witness to the empty tomb and what it secures for us.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
I am the resurrection, and the life.
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said.
Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Raised up... even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection.
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
The Spirit of him that raised up Jesus... shall also quicken your mortal bodies.
The tomb is empty, and everything follows from it. Death is a defeated enemy; your hope is not wishful but anchored in a risen Lord. Live today in the light of that morning.
