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我们为什么说耶稣在“第三天”复活呢？有些人或许会争辩说，祂在坟墓里已经停留几天，足以确定祂已经死了。另有些人则指出，这个事件应验了关于耶稣之死的一个预言。（参太 16:21；林前 15:4）然而，使徒信经说“第三天从死人中复活”时提到的“第三天”，并不是信经此处要表达的重点。

这里的重点是耶稣在一个特定的时刻，从死人中复活了！

耶稣的复活，不单是使徒信经的要点，它更是圣经教导的核心。实际上，基督教信仰是建立在基督复活这个根基上的。因为，正如使徒保罗强调，耶稣若没有从死里复活，凡在祂里面有指望的人，就比众人更可怜。因为，耶稣若没有复活，我们便仍然被罪的锁链捆绑，注定是永远死亡了。

然而，因着祂的复活，耶稣已经战胜死亡、洗净我们的罪、又以祂自己的义覆庇我们。因着祂的复活，我们已经归属于祂，而祂也将我们提升到与祂同行的新生命的地位。因着祂的复活，耶稣进一步向我们保证，有一天我们也会被提升天，从死里复活的。

哈利路亚！祂真的复活了！

Why do we say that Jesus rose "on the third day "? Some people might argue that the number of days he lay in the grave would confirm that he had died. Others point out that this fulfills a prophecy about Jesus’ death .(see Matthew 16:21; 1 Corinthians 15:4) But the mention of "the third day " isn’t the main point of the creed’s declaration saying,  "The third day he rose again from the dead. "

The main point is that at a specific moment in time Jesus rose again from the dead!

Jesus’ resurrection not only stands at the center of the Apostles’ Creed; it stands firmly at the center of the Bible’s teaching. Indeed, Christ’s resurrection is the foundation on which our Christian faith rests. For, as the apostle Paul emphasizes, if Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, all who hope in him should be the most pitied of all people. For if Jesus didn’t rise, we are all still shackled by the chains of sin and doomed to death forever.

But by his resurrection, Jesus has conquered death, washed away our sins, and covered us with his own righteousness. By his resurrection, Jesus has made us his own and raised us to a new life of walking with him. By his resurrection, Jesus also assures us that one day we too will be raised from the dead.

Alleluia! He is risen indeed!