Not exact matches
Their way of thinking was in terms of the older Jewish belief in «resurrection of the body» — and hence the only manner in which they could proclaim that Jesus had not been put out of the way through death was to say that he had
indeed been «
raised from the
dead», that he was in and with God, and that those who belonged to him were granted a share in the risen life which was properly his own.
In the face of the evidence the impartial historian is bound to conclude that the disciples did
indeed sincerely believe that Jesus of Nazareth had been
raised from the
dead.
Just as in so much of Paul's language the Jesus who was
raised from the
dead must be understood in terms of spirit, so also this remains the most satisfactory, if not
indeed the only, category in which to understand the nature of the risen Christ.
Through baptism, Paul tells us, «we were
indeed buried with him so that, just as Christ was
raised from the
dead... we too might live in the newness of life» (Rom 6:4).
Indeed, they claimed to worship the one true God of Israel, the Creator of all that is, the one whom Jesus called «Father,» by whose power he had been
raised from the
dead.
Did he
indeed expect to be
raised from the
dead?
Then go quickly and tell his disciples, «He has been
raised from the
dead, and
indeed he is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him.»