"He has been raised!" He has been raised, indeed!
There is a popular declaration among Christians the world over this time of year. Quoting the messenger at Jesus’s tomb the declaration is made, “His is risen!” And then people respond: “He is risen indeed!”. But that English declaration is not so accurate, and can even be deceiving. The angelic declaration about Jesus is not about what Jesus did, but about what someone else, namely God, did to Jesus. In Greek, the declaration has passive verb. Jesus was acted upon by someone else. Jesus received the action of the verb in the sentence. A more correct declaration is “He has been raised!” or, “He was raised!”. That is, someone else raised Jesus. “He has been raised!” (Passive verb) Matthew 28:5-7 (Mark 16:6, Luke 24:6) 5 But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has been raised , just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying. 7 Then go quickly and tel