Matthew 28:5: "And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified."

Matthew 28:6: "He is not here: for he" [Jesus] "is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay."

Colossians 1:3: "We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,"

Colossians 1:18: "And he" [Jesus Christ] "is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."

Romans 8:29: "For whom he" [God] "did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he" [Christ] "might be the firstborn among many brethren."