Act 26:23, 1Cor 15:23, Col 1:18, 1Pe 1:3, Rev 1:5 | ISV | STEP | that the Christ would suffer and be the first to rise from the dead and would announce light to our people and the Gentiles.”

Acts 26:23

23 that the Christ ^{▼▼I.e. the Messiah} would suffer and be the first to rise from the dead and would announce light to our people and the Gentiles.”Luke 2:32; 1Cor 15:20; Col 1:18; Rev 1:5

1 Corinthians 15:23

23 However, this will happen to each person in the proper order: first Christ, ^{▼▼Lit. Christ the first fruits} then those who belong to Christ when he comes.1Cor 15:20; 1Thes 4:15-17

Colossians 1:18

18 He is also the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself might have first place in everything.Acts 26:23; 1Cor 11:3; Eph 1:10, 22; 4:15; 5:23; Rev 1:5

1 Peter 1:3

3 Our Hope and Joy Are in ChristBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he has given us a new birth to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the deadJohn 3:3, 5; 1Cor 15:20; 2Cor 1:3; Eph 1:3; 1Thes 4:14; Titus 3:5; James 1:18; 1Pet 3:21

Revelation of John 1:5

5 and from Jesus Christ, the witness, the faithful one, ^{▼▼Or Jesus Christ, the faithful witness} the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed ^{▼▼Other mss. read has washed} us from our sins by his bloodJohn 8:14; 13:34; 15:9; 1Cor 15:20; Gal 2:20; Eph 1:20; Col 1:18; 1Tim 6:13; Heb 9:14; 1John 1:7; Rev 3:14; 17:14; 19:16