
part of 1 cor 15 says,
…entombed that he was awakened
so this implies early christians were passing on tradition which said that jesus was awakened and awakened here is in the passive. if paul has high christology, can we say that the tradition he received was low in christology since the tradition does not say that jesus raised himself ?

1 Cor 15:20 “Now however Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.”
The analogy with falling asleep is supposed to be maintained, “resurrection/awakening” is a direct reversal of it.
Both are in the passive voice in the verse, but if Paul still allows for christ to be an active participant in his own death, there is also allowance for him to be an active participant in his own re-awakening.

Yes reawakened in the body, but the body itself is transformed into a spiritual/imperishable/heavenly one.
The living will have their bodies transformed in just the same way at the trumpet call – same as the dead who will be resurrected to the same body but a transformed one.
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