and the Crucified and Buried One who has risen and appeared.11 According to Luke (24:5), the first question on Easter morning was “Why do you seek the living among the dead?” For Christ had been removed from the place of the dead to a new place, of deathlessness and life eternal. Yet the corollary of this is that “among the dead” is precisely the place where the Lord of life has been, so that he remains forever, even in his glory, the Living One who has been dead. Conversely, as we shall see Jüngel
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