What does ἐγείρω (egeírō) mean in the Bible?
Egeiro means to raise, awaken, get up, or cause to rise. It can describe ordinary rising, waking, healing, raising up a person, or resurrection from the dead.
Greek · G1453
ἐγείρω
To arise
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ἐγείρω G1453
Pronunciation egeírō
What does ἐγείρω (egeírō) mean in the Bible?
Egeiro means to raise, awaken, get up, or cause to rise. It can describe ordinary rising, waking, healing, raising up a person, or resurrection from the dead.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1453?
The BSB source-word alignment has 144 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Get up (17), raised (13), He has risen (5), will rise (5), are not raised (4).
Where does ἐγείρω (egeírō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 1:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (36), 1 Corinthians (20), Mark (19), Luke (18).
Are there verse guides for ἐγείρω (egeírō)?
This entry includes 4 verse guides that explain exact original-language forms in context.
What This Word Actually Means
Egeiro means to raise, awaken, get up, or cause to rise. It can describe ordinary rising, waking, healing, raising up a person, or resurrection from the dead. In the New Testament, its central theological weight falls on the resurrection of Jesus and the future raising of those who belong to Him. Matthew announces, 'He has risen.' John records Jesus' authority to raise the temple of His body, His claim that the Father raises the dead, and apostolic preaching that God raised the Author of life.
Paul joins the same verb to the Spirit's future giving of life to mortal bodies and to Christ as firstfruits. Egeiro must not be spiritualized into vague renewal. Nor should every use be forced into resurrection. The context decides whether the rising is from sleep, sickness, posture, death, or final hope.
How the Bible Uses It
Egeiro covers raising, awakening, getting up, and resurrection. Its selected witnesses center on Christ's bodily resurrection, divine agency, the Son's life-giving authority, and the believer's future bodily hope through the Spirit.
- Matt.28.6
He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.
The angel announces that Jesus has risen just as He said, tying the empty tomb to Jesus' prior word.
- John.2.19
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
Jesus speaks of raising the temple, which John explains as the temple of His body.
- John.5.21
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
Jesus says the Father raises the dead and gives them life, and the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
- Acts.3.15
You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
Peter preaches that the people killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and the apostles are witnesses.
- Rom.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.
Paul says the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus will also give life to believers' mortal bodies.
- 1Cor.15.20
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Paul declares Christ raised from the dead as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Get up 17× Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:20, Matthew 9:5, Matthew 9:6
raised 13× John 12:17, Acts 3:15, Acts 4:10, Acts 13:30
He has risen 5× Matthew 27:64, Matthew 28:6, Matthew 28:7, Mark 16:6
will rise 5× Matthew 12:42, Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, Luke 11:31
are not raised 4× 1 Corinthians 15:15, 1 Corinthians 15:16, 1 Corinthians 15:29, 1 Corinthians 15:32
got up 4× Matthew 9:19, Matthew 9:25, John 11:29, Acts 9:8
has been raised 4× Matthew 17:9, 1 Corinthians 15:12, 1 Corinthians 15:13, 1 Corinthians 15:16
it is raised 4× 1 Corinthians 15:42, 1 Corinthians 15:43, 1 Corinthians 15:44
are raised 3× Matthew 11:5, Luke 7:22, Luke 20:37
raises 3× John 5:21, Acts 26:8, 2 Corinthians 1:9
was raised 3× Romans 6:4, Romans 6:9, Romans 7:4
[the man] got up 2× Matthew 9:7, Mark 2:12
be raised to life 2× Matthew 16:21, Luke 9:22
has not been raised 2× 1 Corinthians 15:14, 1 Corinthians 15:17
has risen 2× Matthew 14:2, Mark 6:14
he got up 2× Matthew 2:14, Matthew 8:26
He raised 2× 1 Corinthians 15:15, 1 Thessalonians 1:10
He was raised 2× John 2:22, 1 Corinthians 15:4
He will be raised [to life] 2× Matthew 17:23, Matthew 20:19
I have risen 2× Matthew 26:32, Mark 14:28
raise 2× Matthew 10:8, Hebrews 11:19
raise up 2× Matthew 3:9, Luke 3:8
Rise 2× Matthew 26:46, Mark 14:42
was raised to life 2× Romans 4:25, Romans 8:34
will appear 2× Matthew 24:24, Mark 13:22
woke up 2× Matthew 1:24, Matthew 25:7
[and] helped him to his feet 1× Mark 9:27
[and] woke 1× Matthew 8:25
[and] woke him up 1× Acts 12:7
[but] He did not raise 1× 1 Corinthians 15:15
[Joseph] got up 1× Matthew 2:21
[Peter] helped him up 1× Acts 3:7
[So] He got up 1× John 13:4
after He had risen 1× Mark 16:14
after He was raised 1× John 21:14
and helped her up 1× Mark 1:31
are going to raise it up 1× John 2:20
been raised 1× 1 Corinthians 15:20
comes 1× John 7:52
gets up 1× Luke 13:25
Go 1× Revelation 11:1
had raised 1× John 12:1
had risen 1× Luke 9:7
has appeared 1× Luke 7:16
has indeed risen 1× Luke 24:34
has risen [from the dead] 1× Mark 6:16
He had raised 1× John 12:9
He has raised up 1× Luke 1:69
He raised up 1× Acts 13:22
he will get up 1× Luke 11:8
helped him up 1× Acts 10:26
I will raise it up again 1× John 2:19
I will rise again 1× Matthew 27:63
lift [it] out 1× Matthew 12:11
raised [Him] up 1× Acts 10:40
raised from the dead 1× Acts 13:37
raised Him 1× 1 Peter 1:21
raised up 1× Acts 5:30
rising 1× Mark 12:26
she got up 1× Matthew 8:15
Stand up 1× Mark 3:3
there has risen 1× Matthew 11:11
they can add to 1× Philippians 1:17
they woke 1× Mark 4:38
to wake up 1× Romans 13:11
Wake up 1× Ephesians 5:14
wakes 1× Mark 4:27
was raised again 1× 2 Corinthians 5:15
were raised 1× Matthew 27:52
when He raised 1× Ephesians 1:20
who raised 1× Romans 8:11
will also raise us 1× 2 Corinthians 4:14
will arise 1× Matthew 24:11
will be raised 1× 1 Corinthians 15:52
will raise him up 1× James 5:15
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 1:24 Ἐγερθεὶς to woke up Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 2:13 Ἐγερθεὶς to Get up Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 2:14 ἐγερθεὶς to he got up Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 2:20 Ἐγερθεὶς to Get up Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 2:21 ἐγερθεὶς to [Joseph] got up Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 3:9 ἐγεῖραι to raise up Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Matthew 8:15 ἠγέρθη to she got up Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Matthew 8:25 ἤγειραν to [and] woke Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Matthew 8:26 ἐγερθεὶς to He got up Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular Matthew 9:5 Ἔγειρε to Get up Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 1:24
Aligned rows 144
Books represented 18
Matthew 36 Mark 19 Luke 18 John 13 Acts 13 Romans 10 1 Corinthians 20 2 Corinthians 4 Galatians 1 Ephesians 2 Philippians 1 Colossians 1 1 Thessalonians 1 2 Timothy 1 Hebrews 1 James 1 1 Peter 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
ἤγειρεν 21x ēgeiren Mark 1:31, Mark 9:27, Luke 1:69, John 12:1
ἠγέρθη 15x ēgerthē Matthew 8:15, Matthew 9:25, Matthew 14:2, Matthew 28:6
ἐγείρονται 9x egeirontai Matthew 11:5, Mark 12:26, Luke 7:22, Luke 20:37
ἐγήγερται 9x egēgertai Matthew 11:11, Mark 6:14, 1 Corinthians 15:4, 1 Corinthians 15:12
Ἔγειρε 8x Egeire Matthew 9:5, Mark 2:9, Mark 3:3, Luke 5:23
ἐγερθεὶς 8x egertheis Matthew 2:14, Matthew 2:21, Matthew 8:26, Matthew 9:7
ἔγειρε 6x egeire Mark 2:11, Mark 5:41, Mark 10:49, Luke 5:24
ἐγείρεται 6x egeiretai John 7:52, John 13:4, 1 Corinthians 15:42, 1 Corinthians 15:43
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 21x Mark 1:31, Mark 9:27, Luke 1:69, John 12:1
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 18x Matthew 8:15, Matthew 9:25, Matthew 14:2, Matthew 27:64
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular 14x Matthew 9:5, Mark 2:9, Mark 2:11, Mark 3:3
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 13x Matthew 1:24, Matthew 2:13, Matthew 2:14, Matthew 2:20
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 9x Matthew 11:11, Mark 6:14, 1 Corinthians 15:4, 1 Corinthians 15:12
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural 9x Matthew 11:5, Mark 12:26, Luke 7:22, Luke 20:37
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 7x Matthew 12:42, Matthew 17:23, Matthew 20:19, Matthew 24:7
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular 6x John 7:52, John 13:4, 1 Corinthians 15:42, 1 Corinthians 15:43
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Do not reduce resurrection to an image for moral improvement or fresh motivation. The selected resurrection texts speak of God's action toward the dead.
- Do not force every use of egeiro to mean resurrection. The word can also mean wake, get up, raise up, or help someone rise.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not claim Scripture teaches the believer's final hope as disembodied escape. Romans 8:11 speaks of mortal bodies receiving life.
- Do not claim Jesus' resurrection is only proof of His identity. Acts, Romans, and 1 Corinthians also connect it to apostolic witness, life, and future resurrection.
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Colossians 2:12 Verb Aorist Active Participle Genitive Singular Masculine
ἐγείραντος egeirantos to arise The participle sharpens the description of God as the raiser of Jesus, so the verse reads as a compact confession of divine resurrection power within the baptism and faith statement. Read verse guide John 2:19 Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἐγερῶ egero to arise The form anchors the saying in Jesus' promised future action. Read verse guide Matthew 2:13 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἐγερθεὶς Egertheis to arise The form adds movement and urgency to the warning, showing that Joseph's response must be immediate and active. Read verse guide Matthew 28:6 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἠγέρθη egerthe to arise The aorist passive indicative gives the announced reason for the empty tomb: Jesus has been raised. Read verse guide Evidence Summary
FaithMessiah
Greek word. To raise from death; NT's dominant use for resurrection, especially Christ's resurrection from the dead.
Source Gloss
to arise
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 141 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
egerqeiv
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 2:14 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐγερθεὶς egerqeiv
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 2:20 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἐγερθεὶς egerqeiv
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 2:21 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐγερθεὶς egerqeiv
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 3:9 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
ἐγεῖραι egeirai
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 8:15 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἠγέρθη, hgerqh
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 8:25 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἤγειραν hgeiran
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 8:26 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐγερθεὶς egerqeiv
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 9:5 Verb Second Person Singular Aorist Middle Imperative
Ἔγειραι egeirai
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 9:6 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἐγερθεὶς egerqeiv
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 9:7 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐγερθεὶς egerqeiv
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 9:19 Verb Aorist Passive Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐγερθεὶς egerqeiv
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 9:25 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Passive Indicative
ἠγέρθη hgerqh
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 10:8 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Imperative
ἐγείρετε, egeirete
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 11:5 Verb Third Person Plural Present Passive Indicative
ἐγείρονται, egeirontai
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verse Matthew 11:11 Verb Third Person Singular Perfect Passive Indicative
ἐγήγερται eghgertai
I wake, arouse, raise up
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 5 Aligned forms 143 Tenses Aorist, Present, Perfect, Future Voices Active, Passive
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 86×
Aorist Active Mark 1:31 · Mark 9:27 · Luke 1:69 · John 12:1 · John 12:9 · John 12:17 · Acts 3:7 · Acts 3:15 · Acts 4:10 · Acts 5:30 · Acts 10:26 · Acts 10:40 · Acts 12:7 · Acts 13:22 · Acts 13:30 · Acts 13:37 22×
Aorist Passive Matt 8:15 · Matt 9:25 · Matt 14:2 · Matt 27:64 · Matt 28:6 · Matt 28:7 · Mark 2:12 · Mark 6:16 · Mark 16:6 · Luke 7:16 · Luke 9:7 · Luke 24:6 · Luke 24:34 · John 2:22 · John 11:29 · Acts 9:8 20×
Present Passive Matt 11:5 · Mark 12:26 · Luke 7:22 · Luke 20:37 · 1 Cor 15:15 · 1 Cor 15:16 · 1 Cor 15:29 · 1 Cor 15:32 · 1 Cor 15:35 · John 7:52 · John 13:4 · 1 Cor 15:42 · 1 Cor 15:43 · 1 Cor 15:44 · Matt 27:63 16×
Future Passive Matt 12:42 · Matt 17:23 · Matt 20:19 · Matt 24:7 · Mark 13:8 · Luke 11:31 · Luke 21:10 · Matt 24:11 · Matt 24:24 · Mark 13:22 · 1 Cor 15:52 11×
Perfect Passive Matt 11:11 · Mark 6:14 · 1 Cor 15:4 · 1 Cor 15:12 · 1 Cor 15:13 · 1 Cor 15:14 · 1 Cor 15:16 · 1 Cor 15:17 · 1 Cor 15:20 9×
Present Active John 5:21 · Acts 26:8 · Mark 4:38 3×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 26×
Aorist Passive Matt 1:24 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:14 · Matt 2:20 · Matt 2:21 · Matt 8:26 · Matt 9:6 · Matt 9:7 · Matt 9:19 · Luke 11:8 · John 21:14 · Rom 6:9 · Rom 8:34 · Rom 7:4 · 2 Cor 5:15 15×
Perfect Passive Mark 16:14 · 2 Tim 2:8 2×
Present Active 2 Cor 1:9 1×
Imperative command or strong request 19×
Present Active Matt 9:5 · Mark 2:9 · Mark 2:11 · Mark 3:3 · Mark 5:41 · Mark 10:49 · Luke 5:23 · Luke 5:24 · Luke 6:8 · Luke 8:54 · John 5:8 · Eph 5:14 · Rev 11:1 · Matt 10:8 14×
Present Passive Matt 26:46 · Mark 14:42 · John 14:31 3×
Aorist Passive Matt 17:7 · Luke 7:14 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 9×
Aorist Passive Matt 16:21 · Matt 26:32 · Mark 14:28 · Luke 9:22 · Rom 13:11 5×
Aorist Active Matt 3:9 · Luke 3:8 2×
Present Active Phil 1:17 · Heb 11:19 2×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 3×
Aorist Passive Matt 17:9 · Luke 13:25 2×
Present Passive Mark 4:27 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 141 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 75 present 39 future 16 perfect 11
Voice
passive 84 active 57
Mood
indicative 86 participle 25 imperative 19 infinitive 9 subjunctive 2
NT Occurrences
Matthew 1:24 ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:13 Ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:14 ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:20 Ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 2:21 ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 3:9 ἐγεῖραι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 8:15 ἠγέρθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 8:25 ἤγειραν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 8:26 ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 9:19 ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 9:25 ἠγέρθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 9:5 Ἔγειρε present active imperative imperative Matthew 9:6 Ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 9:7 ἐγερθεὶς aorist passive participle participle Matthew 10:8 ἐγείρετε present active imperative imperative Matthew 11:11 ἐγήγερται perfect passive indicative resultant Matthew 11:5 ἐγείρονται present passive indicative ongoing Matthew 12:11 ἐγερεῖ future active indicative prospective Matthew 12:42 ἐγερθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 14:2 ἠγέρθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 16:21 ἐγερθῆναι aorist passive infinitive infinitive Matthew 17:23 ἐγερθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 17:7 Ἐγέρθητε aorist passive imperative imperative Matthew 17:9 ἐγερθῇ aorist passive subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 20:19 ἐγερθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 24:11 ἐγερθήσονται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 24:24 ἐγερθήσονται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 24:7 ἐγερθήσεται future passive indicative prospective Matthew 25:7 ἠγέρθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 26:32 ἐγερθῆναί aorist passive infinitive infinitive Matthew 26:46 ἐγείρεσθε present passive imperative imperative Matthew 27:52 ἠγέρθησαν aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 27:63 ἐγείρομαι present passive indicative ongoing Matthew 27:64 Ἠγέρθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 28:6 ἠγέρθη aorist passive indicative completed Matthew 28:7 Ἠγέρθη aorist passive indicative completed Mark 1:31 ἤγειρεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 2:11 ἔγειρε present active imperative imperative Mark 2:12 ἠγέρθη aorist passive indicative completed Mark 2:9 Ἔγειρε present active imperative imperative
+101 more occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
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Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
to raise up, awaken, bring from death to life
To awaken or raise up.
rise
to raise
arise
arise
to be raised
Additional Occurrences
Luke 7:11–17 ἐγέρθητι egeírō
Be raised
Showing 8 selected witnesses from 143 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἐγείρω is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
God’s raising of Jesus from the dead anchors Christian faith and justification. 2 Timothy 2:8-13
Affirms divine resurrection. Acts 26:1-8
Foreshadows resurrection power. John 5:1–18
Defines the bodily resurrection of Christ. Luke 24:1–12
Expresses sovereign resurrection authority. Luke 7:11–17
Expresses Christ’s resurrection authority. Luke 8:40–56
Affirms the historical resurrection as divine vindication. Luke 9:21–22
Uses resurrection language pointing toward the central gospel event.
Echoes resurrection authority.
Highlights divine power over death.
The resurrection is the decisive demonstration of Christ’s victory and the anchor of Christian endurance.
Canonical Themes
Faith Messiah
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
For the Preacher and Teacher
Egeiro stands at the center of Christian proclamation because the gospel does not end with a memory of Jesus but with God raising the crucified Lord from the dead. Matthew 28 announces that He has risen as He said. Acts 3 says the Author of life was killed, but God raised Him, and the apostles witnessed the fact. John 5 roots resurrection in the Father's life-giving work and the Son's sovereign giving of life.
Romans 8 extends the same hope to believers' mortal bodies through the Spirit. First Corinthians 15 calls the raised Christ the firstfruits, meaning His resurrection is the beginning and guarantee of the harvest to come. Egeiro therefore joins history, Christology, justification's hope, Spirit-wrought life, and future bodily resurrection. Teachers must be precise: resurrection is more than personal renewal, but its power also reshapes present life.
Anchor passage
1Cor.15.20
Doctrinal connections
- Matt.28.6 anchors egeiro in the empty tomb and Jesus' fulfilled promise that He would rise.
- John.2.19 joins Jesus' raising language to the temple of His body and His authority over death.
- John.5.21 connects raising the dead with the Father's work and the Son's life-giving authority.
- Acts.3.15 makes the resurrection apostolic witness against human rejection of the Author of life.
- Rom.8.11 connects the Spirit who raised Jesus with the future life of believers' mortal bodies.
- 1Cor.15.20 identifies the risen Christ as firstfruits, guaranteeing the resurrection harvest of those who belong to Him.
Egeiro can appear in active, passive, middle, imperative, and participial forms. The passive resurrection formula often highlights divine agency, while other contexts use the verb for waking, rising, or being helped up. Teachers should distinguish lexical range from theological center: resurrection is central in the New Testament, but not automatic in every occurrence.
From Old to New Testament
The Old Testament gives anticipations of resurrection hope through texts about God not abandoning His Holy One, the dead living, and those asleep in the dust awakening. The New Testament declares that hope has broken into history in Jesus. The God who gives life raises the crucified Christ, and the Spirit who raised Jesus will give life to mortal bodies. The movement runs from promise and longing to the empty tomb and onward to the final resurrection of Christ's people.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain