Bible Lexicons

ἀνά -στασις , -εως , ή

(< ἀνίστημι ),

[in LXX: Zephaniah 3:8 (H6965), Lamentations 3:63 (H7012), Psalms 66:1-20 title., Da LXX Daniel 11:20, 2 Maccabees 7:14; 2 Maccabees 12:43 *;]

1. a raising up, awakening, rising (in Inscr. of the erection of a monument, v. MM, VGT, s.v.): Luke 2:34.

2. a rising from the dead (v. DCG, ii, 605b);

(a) of Christ: Acts 1:22; Acts 2:31; Acts 4:33 Romans 6:5, Philippians 3:10, 1 Peter 3:21; ἐξ ἀ . νεκρῶν , Romans 1:4 (ICC, in l); ἐκ νεκρῶν , 1 Peter 1:3;

(b) of persons in OT hist. (e.g. 1 Kings 17:17 ff.): Hebrews 11:35;

(c) of the general resurrection: Matthew 22:23; Matthew 22:28; Matthew 22:30 Mark 12:18; Mark 12:23 Luke 20:27; Luke 20:33; Luke 20:36, John 11:24, Acts 17:18; Acts 23:8; Acts 24:15, 2 Timothy 2:18; ἀ . ἐκ νεκρῶν , Luke 20:35, Acts 4:2; τῶν νεκρῶν , Matthew 22:31, Acts 17:32; Acts 23:6; Acts 24:21; Acts 26:23, 1 Corinthians 15:12-13; 1 Corinthians 15:21; 1 Corinthians 15:42, Hebrews 6:2; ἀ . ζωῆς , resurrection to life (cf. 2 Maccabees 7:14, ἀ . εἰς ζωήν ) and ἀ . τ . κρίσεως , τ . to judgment, John 5:29; ἀ . τ . δικαίων , Luke 14:14; κρείττων ἀ ., Hebrews 11:35; on ἡ ἀ . ἡ πρώτη , Revelation 20:5-8, v. Swete, in l, Westc. on John 5:1-47, but v. also Thayer, s.v.; by meton. of Christ as Author of ἀ ., John 11:25 (v. DB, iv, 231; Cremer, 307).†

ἀνα-πηδάω, -ῶ

(< πηδάω , to leap),

[in LXX: 1 Samuel 20:34 (H6965) 1 Samuel 25:10, Esther 5:1, Tob.4 *;]

to leap up: Mark 10:50 (Rec. ἀναστάς ).†

The verb is frequent in inscriptions with the sense ";erection"; of a monument, see Syll 324.8, 342.48 (both i/B.C.), C. and B. ii. p. 637 (A.D. 70–80), IMAe iii. 478, 479, 481 (all ii/A.D.), Magn 179.28 f., 193.25, and for the verb Syll 656.71, 686.45 (both ii/A.D.), al. So still in A.D. 215, BGU I. 362 vii. 3 (= Chrest. I. p. 128) ὑπὲρ ἀνα [στάσεω ]ς the ";setting up"; of a statue of Severus, and probably ib IV. 1028.6 (ii/AD.) ὁλκῆς μν ]ῶν δ ̄ πρὸς α ̣̓[νά ]σ ̣τ ̣ασιν ̣ [ . . ., but the context is not clear. The narrative of Acts 17:1-34 (see v. 32) prepares us for the total novelty of the meaning ";resurrection"; : it was a perfectly natural use of the word, but the idea itself was new. We find this meaning in C. and B. no. 232 (= Cagnat IV. 743, Alexander Severus), where an Epicurean Jew of Eumeneia in Phrygia begins to tell us what he thought of ο ]ἱ δὴ δ [είλ ]αιοι πάντ [ες ] εἰς ἀ [νά ]στασιν [ . . . (βλέποντες or the like) : see Ramsay’s interesting notes.