1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verse 20 Holy Bible
But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
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But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.
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(But now Christ is raised from among [the] dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep.
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But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
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But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
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And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead -- the first-fruits of those sleeping he became,
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1st Corinthians 15 : 20 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 20-28. - Results to be deduced from the fact of Christ's resurrection. Verse 20. - But now. Since the supposition that Christ has not risen involves so many suppositions which you will rightly reject as absurd, we may assume the eternal fact that Christ has been raised. And become the firstfruits of them that slept. As the wave sheaf (Leviticus 23:10), which was the firstfruits of the harvest, is also a pledge of the harvest, so Christ is the firstfruits and pledge of the resurrection of all mankind.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) But now . . .--From the hopeless and ghastly conclusion in which the hypothetical propositions of the previous verse would logically land us, the Apostle turns, with the consciousness of truth, to the hopeful faith to which a belief in the resurrection leads. It cannot be so. Now is Christ risen from the dead. And that is no isolated fact. As the firstfruits were typical of the whole harvest (Leviticus 23:10-11), so is Christ. He rose, not to the exclusion but to the inclusion of all Humanity. If St. Paul wrote this Epistle about the time of Passover (see Introduction, and 1Corinthians 5:6; 1Corinthians 16:8), the fact that the Paschal Sabbath was immediately followed by the day of offering of firstfruits may have suggested this thought.