Definition of Resurrection
Resurrection
A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment.
State of being risen from the dead; future state.
The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead.
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Resurrection Quotations
Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in Resurrection shall have a little golden tail.
Martin Luther
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
Martin Luther
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Nations, like stars, are entitled to eclipse. All is well, provided the light returns and the eclipse does not become endless night. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous. The reappearance of the light is the same as the survival of the soul.
Victor Hugo
Because of my Marxism, I was not into myths or miracles, whether it was the virgin birth, the physical resurrection or casting out demons from an epileptic.
Lionel Blue
Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the reliability of these biblical documents.
Josh McDowell
Here's the simplest answer: Within weeks, the disciples proclaimed the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that He had been bodily raised from the dead and appeared to them.
Josh McDowell
The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place.
Josh McDowell
A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
Samuel Butler
Resurrection Translations
resurrection in German is Auferstehung {f}
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