The word in Scripture

Resurrection in the Bible

The word resurrection appears 41 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Resurrection is God raising the dead to new and unending life. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What resurrection means in the Bible

Resurrection is God raising the dead to new and unending life.

Where the word resurrection appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word resurrection appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.”Matthew 22:30

“But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:”Luke 20:35

“And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”John 5:29

“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”John 11:25

“And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:”Romans 1:4

“For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:”Romans 6:5

“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;”Philippians 3:10

“Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:”Hebrews 11:35