How many "first" resurrections are there?

List of People That Were Raised From the Dead in the Bible...



1. Widow of Zarephath’s son, by Elijah (1st Kings 17:22)

1st Kings 17:22 “And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.”

(Would the widow's son be the first?)



2. Shunammite woman’s son, by Elisha (2nd Kings 4)

2nd Kings 4:34,35 “And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.”

3. Man raised when he came into contact with Elisha’s bones (2nd Kings 13)

2 Kings 13:20,21 “And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. “

4. Widow of Nain’s son, by Jesus (Luke 7)

Luke 7:14,15 “And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. “

5. Jairus’ daughter, by Jesus (Luke 8)

Luke 8:52-56 “And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. “

6. Lazarus, by Jesus after 3 days (John 11)

John 11:43,44 “And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”

7. Jesus (Matthew 28:6; Acts 2)

Acts 2:24 “Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.”


8. Many Holy People Came Out of Their Tombs When Jesus Died on the Cross (Matthew 27)

Matthew 27:52 “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,”
(Would these be the first resurrection?)


9. Dorcas, by Peter (Acts 9)
Acts 9:40 “But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.”

10. Eutychus, by Paul (Acts 20)

Acts 20:9-12 “And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.”

Jesus be the first resurrected...
Matthew 28:5-6
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.”

How do we find out who actually be the first resurrected?

Kit Sigmon said:

List of People That Were Raised From the Dead in the Bible...



1. Widow of Zarephath’s son, by Elijah (1st Kings 17:22)

1st Kings 17:22 “And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.”

(Would the widow's son be the first?)



2. Shunammite woman’s son, by Elisha (2nd Kings 4)

2nd Kings 4:34,35 “And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.”

3. Man raised when he came into contact with Elisha’s bones (2nd Kings 13)

2 Kings 13:20,21 “And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. “

4. Widow of Nain’s son, by Jesus (Luke 7)

Luke 7:14,15 “And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. “

5. Jairus’ daughter, by Jesus (Luke 8)

Luke 8:52-56 “And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. “

6. Lazarus, by Jesus after 3 days (John 11)

John 11:43,44 “And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”

7. Jesus (Matthew 28:6; Acts 2)

Acts 2:24 “Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.”


8. Many Holy People Came Out of Their Tombs When Jesus Died on the Cross (Matthew 27)

Matthew 27:52 “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,”
(Would these be the first resurrection?)


9. Dorcas, by Peter (Acts 9)
Acts 9:40 “But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.”

10. Eutychus, by Paul (Acts 20)

Acts 20:9-12 “And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.”

Jesus be the first resurrected...
Matthew 28:5-6
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.”

How do we find out who actually be the first resurrected?

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The way I tend to reason some of these things, the first resurrection is simply meaning the resurrection of the just. There can be multiples of these as long as it is only the just rising in them, and that these risings precede any risings of the unjust, where I take that to mean the resurrection of the rest of the dead after the finishing of the thousand years. Even with that said, the context in Revelation 20 and the first resurrection, it is meaning a specific event that occurs at a specific time, and in this resurrection event, those raised in it will obtain a glorious body like Christ apparently did at some point. The examples you used above, none of these besides Christ had yet received a new glorious body, and thus became immortal from that point on. Paul already tells us in 1 Corinthians 15 when we shall all be changed. It's at the last trump and not before.

1stcenturylady said:

When I read the passage, it seems that only martyrs will reign with Christ for the 1000 years. All other Christians and unbelievers will be resurrected in the second resurrection when the books are opened to see if their name is there or not. If there name is not in the book of life, they will be judged. How do you read it?

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There is no second resurrection.
The first resurrection is the last day resurrection of the dead.

1stcenturylady said:

For pre-tribbers, please answer this question. How many "first" resurrections are there? There is this one below in Revelation 20 after the tribulation, but then there was one 7 years prior??? Whose wrong??? John or the author of "Left Behind"?

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. Then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 5 But the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6 Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

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Very good.
Only one resurrection.
Resurrection happens at the Judgement of the dead, when the sea will give up its dead and death and hell will be thrown in the Lake of Fire, which is the second death.

Douggg said:

I don't think any of those nine were resurrected into their eternal incorruptible bodies.

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I don't know who you have counted but does Jesus not count as someone who has been resurrected?

1stcenturylady said:

I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God

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This has to be carefully read, because there are two groups being mentioned here......

Those who witness for Jesus
Those who witness for the Word of God.

This is descriptor lines up with.....

Those who sing the song of the Lamb.
Those who sing the song of Moses.

These two groups are both The New Covenant and the Old Covenant.

This would mean, that this is the final judgment, the judgement of the dead, when the books are opened.

The other misconception is that people think that there is one millennium running concurrent, when in fact there are two. First is Satan's millennium and then when it expires, Christ's eternal millennium begins in his Father's house of many rooms/dimensions.

5But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. 6Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power

The rest of the dead that lived not is saying that those who were not destined to enter the first resurrection will face the second death, when Satan's millennium expires. This is where death and hell, where death represented those who were not registered in the book of life, will not take part in the long awaited resurrection of the dead, at the Judgement of the dead, when the books are opened. This is the end of the harvest, where Jesus becomes subject to the Father, as the Cross would have run its course in registering all who were to be written in the book of life.

The Times said:

There is no second resurrection.
The first resurrection is the last day resurrection of the dead.

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Revelation states there is a second resurrection - you would find it in the 20th chapter

DavidPT said:

If the dead in Christ rise just prior to an alleged Pretrib rapture, because after all, the text indicates the dead in Christ rise first, how can that not be meaning 1 Corinthians 15:51-57? And if that allegedly occurs before the tribulation, what about after the tribulation when Christ returns? Does 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 get fulfilled again, thus making it two times that it gets fulfilled? Ummm----there is only one last trump, not two or more. This alone tells us that 1 Corinthians 15:51-57 can have only one fulfillment and not multiple fulfillment instead.

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It has always been strange to see to how far of an extreme extent people will go to avoid truths that they just don't want to accept -even to the point of ignoring scriptures and even logical rational reason.
It is well proven that there have been the soul/spirits of untold numbers that likely be in the billions in heaven , as all the dead in Christ go to be with the Lord and all the babies that are aborted or die in infancy or young age that have been since the time of creation of Adam.

All of them are with the Lord now - they surely have some form of body and not just disembodied spirits floating around - Whether or not that body is the glorified body scripture speaks of is not relevant to my point ..at least not yet.
Common sense tells us that when Jesus returns to earth to setup His kingdom he will not leave those people in heaven - He will bring them with Him when he returns , along with the angels. It makes no sense for Jesus to come to earth and leave them in heaven.
Whether or not they have a glorified body now or get it when they come to earth when Jesus returns; they will have it before they come to earth.

Another simple matter to reason is the Marriage supper of the Lamb - there will be Billions at least- of believers there and this is when the crowns are given out and those crowns are factors that Jesus will use to determine where to best utilize the believers in His kingdom . Jesus will have appointed who he wants in the various roles in His kingdom and this will need to be done before the kingdom is put in place ; just as a new company opening up in a new building will have hired most of it's employees before they open for business. This Marriage supper will happen in heaven - but those who cannot accept a rapture before the GT don't want to accept that the believers will be taken to heaven for this important event to take place.

The matter pf the Last trump is another matter that post trib camp refuses to study - the last trump is NOT the seventh angel blowing a trumpet - but you and post trib insist on that misunderstanding and will not seek and study and learn what the last trump is because you feel satisfied in what you prefer to believe instead of accepting that it is not what you prefer .
The last trumpet call has been a part of ancient Jewish culture associated with Gods Holy days - yet another matter that post trib refuse to acknowledge as they prefer to stick with the western world supposition than accept the fact it is a Jewish biblical practice that is thousands of years old .

Among other factors you cannot prove in any way at all that any person that has been born-again prior to the time of the GT will be in any part of it !
The scripture that shows some saints are being martyred are those who rejected Jesus before the GT began and have come to realize that Jesus is the true messiah during the GT and come to accept Jesus as savoir - this is the remnant some of which will find safety in Jordan/Petra and some will die as martyrs and the rest that continue to reject Jesus will die unsaved ..
There are real reasons why scripture uses the terminology of agricultural harvests as that is how they related scripture teachings to the lay persons who did not read the OT scriptures . There are 3 harvests that are related to both wheat ,barley etc. to harvests of believers , the reference to- don't put new wine into wineskins - also relates to biblical teachings
when people refuse to seek to understand what scripture means to the Jewish persons of Israel in ancient times they will not get the true teaching of scripture - especially when they refuse to read anything except and English translation taught from a western world American view that does not include the important matters of how the scriptures were written and the choices of how they chose to teach in ancient Israel
refusing to accept the culture of the origin of where scripture was written is like a white man putting on a color of makeup to appear as a different race of man - but it does not change the truth of what he is under the makeup

seventysevens said:

Revelation states there is a second resurrection - you would find it in the 20th chapter

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There is only second death of those not raised. The first is when the earthly body dies. The second death is when the soul is thrown in the lake of fire. Death and hell is thrown. Death means that they died once.

1stcenturylady said:

But that is AFTER the Millennium, which is AFTER the great tribulation (3 1/2 years). The martyrs who rule and reign with Christ are raised at the beginning of the Millennium, not afterwards like the rest.

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The resurrection of the dead happens after Satan's millennium expires. That is when Christ's eternal millennium starts.

Read the Greek verse by verse. The English translation has mixed up the order. Just like their language would say three and twenty for twenty three, the confusion is brought in when translators forgot to take order into consideration.

Here you have it......in the Greek.......



The rest of the dead that lived NOT, shall have completed their millennium, before the first resurrection commences.

So, you have two millenniums, those dead not written in the book of life, who complete their millennium in hell, before the first resurrection commences, signalling Christ's eternal millennium reign in his Father's house of many rooms/dimensions.

Cognate: 5055 teléō (from 5056 /télos, "consummation, completion") – properly, to complete (consummate), i.e. finish(qualitatively) the necessary process – with the results "rolling-over" to the next level (phase) of consummation. See 5056 (telos).

The consummation of the bride, that enters the 1st resurrection, signals the expiration of Satan's and the dead that lived not millennium. They serve out their time in hell, then when Jesus comes, the Judgement of the Dead occurs, where death and hell must be destroyed in the lake of fire and must not exist when Christ's millennium commences with his bride, in his Father's house.

1stcenturylady said:

Satan's millennium is in hell where he will be chained for 1000 years. And that IS at the same time that Christ reigns on earth for the same 1000 years.

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Jesus does not reign on earth. There are implications to consider, that I will not go into.

Here is the Greek order of millnneiums (plural), meaning two.....




Those not found in the book of life, are those who had served out their sentences in hell, before the first resurrection commences. Read the Greek.

DamianWarS said:

I don't know who you have counted but does Jesus not count as someone who has been resurrected?

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Unlike the others, Jesus raised Himself.

One way to look at these things, though not the only way, is to follow the lead of Yeshua and His discussions regarding the harvest. He points to the harvest many times. The legal prescription regarding the harvest is given in Leviticus 23. Also, only resurrections AFTER Yeshua's death and resurrection are in play. This concept of resurrection(s) may not be the whole story on the way things will be, but it is equally supported scripturally as any other theory.

Those that were resurrected in Mat 27:52-53 were the First Fruits of the harvest. They are called saints in the passage, obviously they were declared righteous in saying that they are saints. The Legal requirement that the First Fruits of the harvest be waved before the Lord is in view. Yeshua (John 20:17) tells Mary not to cling to Him as He had not yet ascended to the Father. As our High Priest, He was to remain ceremonially pure to deliver the First Fruits to the Father in accordance with Leviticus 23.

Always keep in mind.... Yeshua and these saints of Mat 27 were resurrected on the Feast of First Fruits as laid out in Leviticus. The first day following the weekly Sabbath following the Passover.

The scripture is silent regarding the final disposition of these resurrected saints, so any position on what happened to them later is only theory. That they died again goes against what the writer told us in Heb 9:27 that we die once. That they were the First Fruits and Yeshua took them to the Father accords with the Torah harvest regulations, so is a better supported view.

Lazarus and Jairus' daughter were indeed resurrected, but the text does not say they were saints or considered righteous. It is taking liberties with the text to equate them with the resurrected saints of Mat 27. Yeshua had not yet paid the penalty for sin and resurrected when Lazarus and Jairus' daughter were resurrected.

We know that many touched Yeshua and He even directed Thomas to put his hands in the wounds to see that it was indeed Him. So the ascension of Acts is not the ascension He was talking about with Mary in John 20:17.

If indeed the application of Leviticus 23 harvest regulations is apropos, then the main harvest and the gleaning harvest is yet to come, with the main harvest being the removal of the righteous dead and living at the start of the 70th week of Daniel, Time of Jacob's Trouble, Great Tribulation period. The main harvest is performed at one time both in terms of an actual field harvest, and the pre-trib or early trib removal of the righteous. Isaiah 26:19-21 lends support to this assertion as does other OT passages.

The gleanings of the harvest is performed over time, in increments in the harvest of a crop field. And that can apply during the Tribulation period also. After all, we see the Two Witnesses of Revelation being resurrected and taken up. These two are obviously considered righteous. And that event is not at the beginning or end of the Tribulation Period. We see John writing in Rev 7:9-17 about those who's robes are white that they come out of the Tribulation. These would be the gleanings, or First Resurrection of the Tribulation Period as stated in Rev 20:5. It specifically states who these resurrected are in verse 4.... those that were beheaded and did not worship the beast or take his mark. So the context is the resurrected saints of the Tribulation period.

This "first" resurrection needs to be taken in context. Rev 20:4 outlines who these are, and it doesn't imply all saints, only those of the Tribulation period. And what would be surmised as the "second" resurrection doesn't happen till 1000 years later in the same passage. Grammatically, these two resurrections are intertwined relationally (first then second) in the context of the time period in view. The idea that there are only 2 resurrections in total fails to take the entirety of scripture into account. It is basing an entire resurrection doctrine on a couple of verses.

Just a theory on the matter. No one has all the details worked out perfectly. When Yeshua is revealed, all will be made clear. Until then, we see things thru a glass darkly (1Cor 13:12) and no one has an exclusive on God. We are all mortal humans with limited understanding. We can try to figure these things out and discuss them and avoid making views on these things a condition of salvation.

Douggg said:

There have been nine people resurrected in the bible. Three in the Tanach and six in the New Testament.....

not including them who had died and appeared in Jerusalem at the time of Jesus's death in Matthew 27:52.

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1. Elijah raised the son of the Zarephath widow from the dead (1 Kings 17:17-22).


2. Elisha raised the son of the Shunammite woman from the dead (2 Kings 4:32-35).


3. A man was raised from the dead when his body touched Elisha’s bones (2 Kings 13:20, 21).


4. Many saints rose from the dead at the resurrection of Jesus (Matt. 27:50-53).


5. Jesus rose from the dead (Matt. 28:5-8; Mark 16:6; Luke 24:5, 6).


6. Jesus raised the son of the widow of Nain from the dead (Luke 7:11-15).


7. Jesus raised the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Luke 8:41, 42, 49-55).


8. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-44).


9. Peter raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:36-41).


10. Eutychus was raised from the dead by Paul (Acts 20:9, 10).



We have no indication from scripture any of these other than Jesus were raised in a permanent glorified body. They all had to die a natural death again. Even Mattew27:50-53 only tells us “many “saints arose and only that they went into the city and appeared to many. Acts 2:29 tells us David was still dead and buried so he was not a part of Matthew 27:50-53.


Bottom line is we have no proof any of these were more than just a raising of the physical body only to die again, Jesus being the only exception.

That may be the bottom line for some folk, but Gods word will not returned to him void without point or purpose , Matt 27 resurrection are people that rose from the dead as Jesus rose from the dead and are tied to Jesus raising from the dead -Just because there is found no proof does not indicate they rose to life a second time only to die a natural death -
Just as in today when someone is missing and not found they are considered missing and not dead until evidence is found proving they have died.

Gods word will not returning to him void without point or purpose tells us that there is a specific reason why it is found in Gods word the telling of people who were dead a long time in the grave came out of the grave and went into cities to speak to people has a very profound meaning -
to simply assume they died a second death naturally without any evidence at all is simply nullifying Gods Holy word simply because someone does not understand why the telling of this is there

seventysevens said:

That may be the bottom line for some folk, but Gods word will not returned to him void without point or purpose , Matt 27 resurrection are people that rose from the dead as Jesus rose from the dead and are tied to Jesus raising from the dead -Just because there is found no proof does not indicate they rose to life a second time only to die a natural death -
Just as in today when someone is missing and not found they are considered missing and not dead until evidence is found proving they have died.

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Has anyone seen or talked to any people walking around in the Middle East, who claim to be almost 2,000 years old?

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BABerean2 said:

Has anyone seen or talked to any people walking around in the Middle East, who claim to be almost 2,000 years old?.

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Please tell us what these peoples names are , their phone number or address and I will try to reach out to them and request to have an interview

Pre or Post-trib? Does it really even matter? Like seriously...so many 'christians' waste time debating the stupidest stuff.