But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
All Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:20 Go To 1 Corinthians 15
Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
For the sake of all he tasted death. Although by nature he was life and was himself the resurrection, he surrendered his own body to death. By his ineffable power he trampled upon death in his own flesh that he might become the firstborn from the dead and the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep… . Even if the resurrection of the dead may be said to be through a man, the man we know it is through is the Word begotten of God. The power of death has been destroyed through him.
