1 Corinthians 15:4 (LSB)

Passage

and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I proclaimed to you as good news, unless you believed for nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

1 Corinthians 15:5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

1 Corinthians 15:6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "buried", "raised", "third", and "scriptures". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "buried" and "raised", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "For I delivered to you as of..." into verse 5's "and that He appeared to Cephas then...", so "buried" and "raised" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "buried" and "raised" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.