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RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD. 61

In Acts 4:1-2: The Sadducees were grieved because
Peter and John "preached, through Jesus, the resurrection
which is from among (the) dead" (rnv &vaxTTa<nv TTJV CK
And in Phil. 3 :11, it is used in a manner remarkably sig-
nificant. Our version renders it, "resurrection of the
dead," which is especially wrong, tor the Greek preposi-
tion ek occurs here in a duplicate form, in all the oldest
manuscripts.* The phrase is TTJV elavaoToo-iv -njv c VCK/XO? |
(teen exanastasin teen ek nekron), and the literal transla-
tion is the out resurrection from among the dead, which
peculiar construction of language gives a special empha-
sis to the idea that this is a resurrection out from among
the dead.
These passages clearly show, that there is yet to be a
resurrection out of the dead; that is, that part of the dead
will be raised, before all are raised. Olshausen declares
that the "phrase would be inexplicable if it were not de-
rived from the idea that out of the mass of the dead some
would rise
first.";}:
That no unrighteous have part in this "first resurrection"
is evident from Luke 20:36: they "are the children of
God" and "equal unto the angels."
It is the resurrection of a select class only, viz.: the
righteous, and therefore Jesus calls it the resurrection of
the just. Luke 14:14, "And thou shalt be blessed; for
they can not recompense thee: for thou shalt be recom-
pensed at the resurrection of the just."
25
Paul calls it the better resurrection. It is the resur-
26 "the dead
rection of those that are Christ's at his coming,
27
in Christ," who shall "rise first."
*See Jamlepon, Fausset and Brown, Alford. and Dr. Adam
Clark.
tGreek text. Tlschendorf and Alford.
*Vol. 2, p. 183 Am. Ed.
(25) Heb. 11:35. Women re- man in his own order: Christ
ceived their dead raised to life the flrstfruits ; afterward they
again ; and' others were tortured, that are Christ's at his coming.
not accepting deliverance; that (27) 1 Thes. 4:16. For the
they might obtain a better resur- Lord himself shall descend from
rection. heaven with a shout, with the
(26) 1 Cor. 15:23. But every voice of the archangel, and with