Jesus had to die because he was of our nature, sharing in the curse which came upon Adam's descendants. Yet, because he personally had done nothing worthy of death "God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him" (Acts 2:24 N.I.V.). Christ was "declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead" (Rom. 1:4).
Yesu ilimpasa kufa kwa sababu alikuwa na maumbile yetu, akishiriki laana iliyokuja juu ya watoto wa Adamu. Lakini kwa kuwa yeye hakufanya chochote kinachostahili afe "Mungu akamfufua kutoka katika wafu, akaufungua uchungu wa mauti, kwa sababu haikuwezekana ashikwe nao"(Matendo 2:24 U.V).Kristo alidhihirishwa kwa uweza kuwa mwana wa Mungu, kwa jinsi ya roho ya utakatifu, kwa ufufuo wa wafu" (Rum 1:4).