What happened to Christ on the third day according to 1 Corinthians 15:4?
According to 1 Corinthians 15:4, Christ was buried, and He rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures. This resurrection on the third day was not a new idea but was attested by the Old Testament Scriptures, confirming the gospel message Paul delivered and received.
Les explains that in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 Paul is defending his apostleship, reminding the Corinthians that he delivered what he also received from the ascended Lord, not from the twelve in Jerusalem. Paul declares that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, was buried, and arose again the third day according to the Scriptures. The Old Testament was full of this. Christ was then seen of Peter, then of the twelve, and so on.
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: