Resurrection of Jesus

====Redemptive death====
{{See also|Salvation in Christianity#Atonement|Redeemer (Christianity){{!}}Redeemer}}

Jesus's death was interpreted as a redemptive death "for our sins," in accordance with God's plan as contained in the Jewish scriptures.{{sfn|Hurtado|2005|p=185}}{{refn|group=note|name="died for"}} The significance lay in "the theme of divine necessity and fulfilment of the scriptures," not in the later Pauline emphasis on "Jesus's death as a sacrifice or an expiation for our sins."{{sfn|Hurtado|2005|p=186}} For the early Jewish Christians, "the idea that Messiah's death was a necessary redemptive event functioned more as an apologetic explanation for Jesus's crucifixion"{{sfn|Hurtado|2005|p=186}} "proving that Jesus's death was no surprise to God."{{sfn|Hurtado|2005|p=187}}{{refn|group=note|Hurtado cites Green, ''The Death of Jesus'', p.323.{{sfn|Hurtado|2005|p=187, n.55}}}}