1 Corinthians 15:35

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But someone will ask, 'How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ ἐρεῖ τις, Πῶς ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροί; ποίῳ δὲ σώματι ἔρχονται;

Transliteration

But will erei tis, How are egeirontai the nekroi? poiō de sōmati erchontai?

Grammar Details

• *all'*: conjunction (alla with elision) - but
• *erei*: future active indicative, 3rd singular - will say
• *tis*: indefinite pronoun, nominative singular - someone
• *pōs*: interrogative adverb - how
• *egeirontai*: present passive indicative, 3rd plural - are raised
• *nekroi*: nominative masculine plural with article - dead [ones]
• *poiō*: interrogative adjective, dative neuter singular - with what kind of
• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *sōmati*: dative neuter singular - body
• *erchontai*: present middle indicative, 3rd plural - they come/go

Word Meanings

• *erei*: will say/will speak/will tell
• *tis*: someone/a certain one
• *egeirontai*: are raised/are resurrected/are awakened
• *nekroi*: dead ones/corpses
• *poiō sōmati*: with what kind of body/with what sort of body
• *erchontai*: come/arrive/go

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  But someone will say, 'How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?'

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But some ma will saye: how aryse ye deed? with what bodyes come they in?

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But some man mighte saye: How shal the deed aryse? And with what maner off body shal they come?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But some man will say, Howe are the dead raised vp? And with what body come they foorth?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But some man wyll say, howe are the dead raysed vp? With what bodie shall they come?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

• World English Bible (2000)

  But someone will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Resurrection Body But someone will say,“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 37:3 : 3 He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' I answered, 'Sovereign Lord, You alone know.'
• Ezek 37:11 : 11 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They say, “Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, and we are cut off.”'
• Matt 22:29-30 : 29 Jesus answered them, 'You are mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven.'
• John 3:4 : 4 Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born?'
• John 3:9 : 9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, 'How can these things happen?
• John 9:10 : 10 They asked him, 'Then how were your eyes opened?
• Rom 9:19 : 19 You will say to me then, 'Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?'
• 1 Cor 15:38-53 : 38 But God gives it a body as He has determined, and to each kind of seed its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same: humans have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds have another, and fish have another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The glory of the sun is one kind, the glory of the moon is another, and the glory of the stars is yet another; for star differs from star in glory. 42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead: what is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. 43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: 'The first man, Adam, became a living being'; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that comes first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. 49 And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven. 50 Now I say this, brothers and sisters: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
• Phil 3:21 : 21 who will transform our lowly bodies to be like his glorious body, through the power that enables him to bring everything under his control.
• Job 11:12 : 12 But an empty-headed man will gain understanding when a wild donkey’s colt is born as a human being!
• Job 22:13 : 13 But you say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through such thick darkness?'
• Ps 73:11 : 11 They say, 'How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?'
• Eccl 11:5 : 5 Just as you do not know the path of the wind or how bones are formed in a pregnant woman's womb, so you cannot understand the workings of God who makes everything.