Originally posted by tabibito
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Ephesians 5:14 uses ἀνίστημι (anistemi) in a figurative way to tell sleepers “rise from the dead.” It obviously doesn’t mean physical resurrection here!
Hebrews 7:11 and 7:15 both use ἀνίστημι (anistemi) to say that a priest will “arise” to take the place of another.
Romans 15:12 uses ἀνίστημι (anistemi) to denote a “rising” ruler.
Romans 13:11 uses ἐγείρω (egeiro) in a figurative sense to “wake out of sleep.”
Romans 9:17 uses ἐξεγείρω (exegeiro) to figuratively “raise up” Pharaoh.
Philipians 1:17 uses ἐγείρω (egeiro) to mean “arouse” suffering.
Matthew 3:9 uses ἐγείρω (egeiro) to mean “raise” children.
According to our earliest Gospel of Mark, the disciples don't even know what "rising from the dead" could mean - Mark 9:9-10.
Also, in Mk 6:14-29 it is claimed that some were saying John the Baptist had been "raised from the dead" and even that Jesus was the risen John in Mk. 8:27-28. Does this mean John was physically resurrected? Were they looking for his empty tomb too? It seems to be used here as a form of metempsychosis or reincarnation.
The only thing Jesus ever says about resurrection is in Mk. 12:25 - "when the dead rise, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven" which implies we will be some sort of genderless angelic entity in heaven.
So obviously, those words *do not* necessarily imply a physical movement or a physical resurrection.
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