Hosea 6:2
“After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.”
King James Version
Hosea's third-day resurrection language applied by Paul and early Christians to Christ's resurrection on the third day.
Fulfillment References
1 Corinthians 15:4 Luke 24:46
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
JewishRead as national restoration after Assyrian judgment — revival of Israel as a people. Not Messianic in standard rabbinic interpretation.
CatholicPatristic tradition (Origen, Jerome) sees this as prophetic of the resurrection on the third day, fulfilling Paul's 'according to the Scriptures' (1 Cor 15:4).
ProtestantPaul's 'according to the Scriptures' likely alludes here. Corporate Israel's restoration is a type of Christ's resurrection.
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