1 Corinthians 15:3

“For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that the Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures,”

1 Corinthians 15:3 · direct translation from the Greek
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Paul sums up what he received: he died, was buried, and was raised, according to the ScripturesThe Resurrection

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1 Corinthians 15:3, word by word

I handed onΠαρέδωκαParedōka

hand down

To pass a teaching on to others.

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of first importanceπρώτοιςprōtois

leading

The most important.

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receivedπαρέλαβονparelabon

receive

To accept what another hands over: a teaching, a person.

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the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos

Messiah

Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.

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diedἀπέθανενapethanen

die

To stop living: the end of life in the body.

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our sinsἁμαρτιῶνhamartiōn

sin

Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.

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the Scripturesγραφάςgraphas

Scripture

Scripture: the sacred text; "the Scriptures", the Old Testament.

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The context

2through which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word in which I proclaimed it to you, unless you believed in vain.

3 · This verse (above)

4and that he was buried, and that he has been raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

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