What does resurrect mean?

Answer 1

Resurrection means the raising to life after death. However, it does not simply mean the resuscitation of a corpse (such as the raising of Lazarus, or Jairus' daughter by Jesus Christ, as these people went on to die naturally some time later. Resurrection means raising to a glorified bodily existence that is eternal. Jesus' resurrection was the first resurrection to occur as he is God incarnate, and hence death could not hold him. He promises resurrection after death to all who believe in him at the end of time.

In Scripture the following passage defines what Resurrection is: "Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; ……. But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not God of the dead, but of the living" (Matthew Ch 22). Note: Angels often appeared in human form. They even ate food which Abraham prepared for them.

The word really means to rise again from the dead just as Christ arose again after three days on the first Easter Sunday. Resurrection, however, does not mean simply the resuscitation of a corpse to some sort of 'zombie-like' state. Resurrection means to rise in a glorified way to a new bodily state of existence, where death is no more. Christ healed many people in his mission on earth, and even caused some (like Jairus' daughter, Lazarus, the widow's son etc) to rise from death. However, these would, of course, die again afterwards when it was their time. The only person who has risen by resuurection is Jesus showing us that once and for all he conquered death and that the resurrected Jesus would never die again. Through his sacrifice on the cross, and his resurrection, he promises that new Godly state for all who follow him.

Answer 2

Resurrect means to bring something that was forgotten about to peopleÃ?s attention again. It can also mean to return from being dead.

Answer 3

it means [jesus] came back from the dead.