Where are the supporting scriptures for this bible prophecy?

Question

Consider Luke 24:46: Jesus said it is written and therefore necessary for him to suffer and rise from the dead on the 3rd day.

Consider 1 Corinthians 15:3-4: Paul says according to the scriptures Christ died and rose on the 3rd day.

My point is that in two different places in the NT, the bible tells of predictions that christ will rise on the third day.

The NT was not around at the time, so these predictions must have been in the OT, right? Or wrong? Where does the OT tell of a prediction that Christ will rise from the dead?

Not an answer, Maurice. Please answer the question or do not post. Thank you.

Answer 1

UFO - A lot of prophecy, yes, is in the Old Testament...but some is in the New Testament as well (such as that which the Angel told Mary for example). I admit, I would have to research all the prophecy to tell you were all of it is. Alas, I am not a scripture memorizer, but rely heavily on E-Sword (a free Bible program).

It is not lost on me that prophecy may have been added "at a later date"...but because I am a Christian by Faith, I believe by Faith in the prophecies as well.
**JENN

Answer 2

This is a good point. I guess I have never noticed that. Paul could be speaking of some early testimony of what happened to Christ that was already accepted by the Corinthian community. I am reflecting and studying Jesus quotation though.

Isaiah 53 seems to be possibly speaking of a Messiah that would have to suffer but about rising from the dead is not in Isa. 53.\

Ps. 16:10 could also be a reference as someone said above to the fact that Jesus would see no decay.

Perhaps the 3rd day Jesus does not mean to teach that is what Scripture says but that Scripture says that he will die and come back to life. The reason he mentions the 3rd day is because that is the reality of when it happened.

Another possiblity that I am less ready to accept is perhaps Jesus is referring to some writings that had occured during the intertestamental period. The greek word for "scriptures" is simply writings. So Jesus may be speaking of a Jewish writing that occured in the intertestmental period. The most natural understanding of the term "writings" here though seems to be the accepted Hebrew Bible at the time this was written.

Another possiblity is that the author of Luke was referring to a writing of Paul. The gospels came after many of the epistles. SO the author added this phrase to validfy what had happened to Jesus. And again I don't readily accept this conclusion as well.

Answer 3

From a quick Google search, the passages below come up. If you want a more detailed answer, try getting either a Bible study guide (like "Eerdman's Handbook to the Bible"), or check the margin notes in any study Bible.
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Prophecy of Jesus death. Psalms 22:1 to 3, Psalms 22:16 to 18, Psalms 22:28 to 31, Isaiah 53:5 to 7.

The prophecy of Jesus resurrection. Psalms 16:1 to 11, Psalms 110:1 to 7.

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Answer 4

Look at the sacrifices in the old testament, a lamb, a ram, always the first of the flock (firstborn as Christ), without spot, without blemish (like Christ), no bones were to be broken in the sacrifice (like Christ), the blood was to be spilled (like Christ), the sacrifice was a covering for sins (like Christ). It is almost impossible to miss the whole law of the old testament sacrfices as being a type of Christ's sacrifice.

Isaiah 50
6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 26
19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Compare this to
1 Corinthians 15
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Answer 5

I disagree. The predictions are in the NT, and they're are many in the OT. I'm sorry, but I don't have a bible with me to show you them. You can get a bible with a concordance, and look up all the prophecies of Jesus, it'll show you exactly where they're at. I wish I could help you more. Best of luck to you.

Answer 6

UFO great question and worthy of an answer.

At this time, I don't believe it was OT Bible prophecy. The resurrection is just NT.

Jesus prophesied this and Paul is just giving the history/writing about it.

A close friend ask me to look at Isa 53:10. This may not be what your looking for.

I will continue to look at this for the next few days.

my best to you and your search for truth

Answer 7

Psalm 16-10

Answer 8

Resurrection of Jesus:
Hosea 6:2, Psalms 16:10, 49:15..... Luke 24:6-7, Mark.16:6-7.
- Hos.6:2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
- Lk.24:6-7 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

Answer 9

Isaiah 53: 1 and start reading. You will find that the Old Testament is Full of instances of Christ before He was born in the New Testament.

Answer 10

By Christ Himself.

Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mar 8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Joh 2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
Joh 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Wayne Murray