1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
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Study Note
Paul's triumphant taunt — 'where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?' — quotes and adapts Hosea 13:14 in a rhetorical climax to his argument for bodily resurrection. The rhetorical question treats death as a defeated enemy already in the past tense, anticipating the eschatological victory declared in verse 54. The 'sting of death is sin' (verse 56) grounds the metaphor: sin's condemning power gives death its lethal force, and Christ's resurrection has defanged both. Handel's setting of this passage in Messiah ('O Death, where is thy sting?') made it one of the most recognized pieces of biblical poetry in Western musical culture.
Terjemahan Lainnya
O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'
O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?
Referensi Silang
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It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
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Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which …
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt …
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of …
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.