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NowδὲifΕἰit is preachedκηρύσσεταιthatὅτιthe MessiahΧριστὸςhas been raisedἐγήγερταιfromἐκthe dead,νεκρῶνhowπῶςis it thatsomeτινεςamongἐνyouὑμῖνsayλέγουσινthatὅτιthere isἔστινnoοὐκresurrectionἀνάστασιςof the dead?νεκρῶν
1 Corinthians 15:12
Study it in the app“Now if it is preached that the Messiah has been raised from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 15:12, word by word
- it is preachedκηρύσσεταιkēryssetai
proclaim
Proclaim aloud, like a herald announcing a message on behalf of the king.
Where else “kēryssetai” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears- has been raisedἐγήγερταιegēgertai
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egēgertai” appears- the deadνεκρῶνnekrōn
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appears- sayλέγουσινlegousin
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legousin” appears- there isἔστινestin
there is
Something exists somewhere, or happens.
Where else “estin” appears- resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis
resurrection
Coming back to life after death.
Where else “anastasis” appears
The context
11Whether then it was I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
12 · This verse (above)
13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even the Messiah has been raised;