Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
If. Since it is an admitted fact that Christ IS preached by us eye-witnesses as having risen from the dead, how is it that some of you (while admitting Christ's resurrection) deny what is a necessary consequences-namely, the general resurrection? Christ's resurrection is said to be "from х ek (G1537)] the dead:" the general resurrection is said to be "the resurrection of the dead."
Some - Gentile reasoners (Acts 17:32; Acts 26:8) who would not believe it because they did not see "how" it could be (1 Corinthians 15:35-36). They maintained a spiritual resurrection (2 Timothy 2:17-18; Romans 6:4-6), not corporal, in opposition to Matthew 22:23-32.