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NASB | 1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore, let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of vice and malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and [untainted] truth. [Ex 12:19; 13:7; Deut 16:3] |
Subject: what is the state of the dead in Christ? |
Bible Note: Greetings Steve: "The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many." Mt 27:52-53. The sequence is AFTER the resurrection so Christ indeed would be the first to have eternal life. But how can we account for these individuals? What do you think happened to them? There is a reference in Ephesians 4:8 which says the when Jesus "ascended on high, He led captives in His train and gave gifts to men." Could these individuals be those "captives?" In a post earlier in February on Mt 27:52 by Robert Nicholson he makes this observation as well. I guess some things we won't know until we get to Heaven! That's OK with me! Mommapbs |