Peterlag
Active Member
Yep, that's your 1 verse. The other 50 or 60 that say God rose Christ you ignore.Last I checked, John 2:19-21 is still in the Bible.
Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT): The idea of the self-resurrection of Jesus is first found in Johannine theology (Jn. 2:19, 21; 10:17, 18) (2:335, egeirō, Oepke).
Here's another:
New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology (NIDNTT): The resurrection of Jesus is not described only with God as subject and Jesus as object; the vb. may be taken in rans. in the middle voice with Jesus as subject, i.e. "he arose from the dead" (e.g. Rom. 6:4, 9; 8:34, and especially in the Synoptics, Mk. 14:28; 16:6; Matt. 27:63). This change in usage shows that while the...