1 Corinthians 15:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴that he was buried and that he was raised to life on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, ⁵and that he appeared to Cephas, and later to the Twelve. ⁶Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, although some have fallen asleep.^[a]

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1 Corinthians 15:6 Have fallen asleep: an image of death. The same expression is used in vv. 18, 20, and 51, and is the usual one in the New Testament. In it, Christians indirectly expressed their faith in the resurrection (in Greek the same verb means both “to awaken” and “to bring back to life”). From this phrase, we also derive our word “cemetery,” i.e., literally, a place of sleepers.

1 Corinthians 15:4-6

New International Version

⁴that he was buried,^(A) that he was raised^(B) on the third day^(C) according to the Scriptures,^(D) ⁵and that he appeared to Cephas,^[a]^(E) and then to the Twelve.^(F) ⁶After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.^(G)