Christ died for our sins according to the SCRIPTURES

[tonychanyt]

1 Corinthians 15:

3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.

What Scriptures?

Paul did not list the Scriptures specifically. Ellicott explained:

According to the scriptures.—The reiteration with each statement that it was “according to the scriptures,” i.e., according to the Old Testament scriptures, the Gospel narratives not yet being in existence—shows how strongly the Apostle dwelt on the unity of the facts of Christ’s life and the predictive utterances of the prophets. The death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord were all parts of that providential plan which the deep spiritual insight of God’s servants of old illumined by the Holy Spirit had enabled them to foresee. The resurrection was no subsequent invention to try and explain away or mitigate the terrible shock which Christ’s death had given to his followers. (See Psalm 2:7; Psalm 16:10; Isaiah 53:9-10; Isaiah 55:3; Hosea 6:2.)

Hosea 6:

2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

Paul's point was that he did not invent these things. They were consistent with the prophecies in the OT.

Similarly, on the road to Emmaus, Jesus spoke to two disciples in Luke 24:

25b “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” 27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

 

[JesusFollowerForever]

Hi tony, a question for you, if you remove mark, john, luke and Matthew, what would we know about Jesus?

 

[tonychanyt]

Hi tony, a question for you, if you remove mark, john, luke and Matthew, what would we know about Jesus?

1Co 15:3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.