Did Jesus Raise Himself From the Dead?

Acts 2:32 (NASB) “This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. (emphasis added)

Acts 3:26 (NASB) “For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” (emphasis added)

Acts 4:10 (NASB) let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by this name this man stands here before you in good health. (emphasis added)

Acts 17:30b-31 (NASB) …God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, 31 because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.” (emphasis added)

Clearly, someone called “God” raised Jesus from the dead. But who is this God? Scripture specifically identifies the one who raised Jesus from the dead as God the Father:

Galatians 1:1 (NASB) Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead) (emphasis added)

Ephesians 1:17 and 20 (NASB) that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory…which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places (emphasis added)

1 Thessalonians 1:9b-10 (NASB) …how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, 10 and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come. (emphasis added)

"So, Jesus’ resurrection is presented, not as Jesus’ act, but God’s… Actually, a survey of all the NT references to Jesus’ resurrection will confirm this pattern, in which it is posited as the crucial act of God, not the act of Jesus. To portray Jesus’ resurrection as his own act demonstrating his inherent divinity is a gross misunderstanding of what the NT texts assert.”

FROM: Who Raised Jesus From the Dead? - One God Worship- FULL ARTICLE

JTO Editor Note: Hey, wait, Trinitarians! I thought Jesus was fully God and fully man. How dare the scripture continually call him a MAN. Can God die? Jesus died. God the father raised him from the dead. Why didn't Jesus raise himself? Another Orthodox "mystery"? The only mystery is how one can continually trust the doctrines of men for the salvation of their souls. There is ONE God- the Father and his sinless human son, our messiah and Lord through whom we enter the Kingdom of God.

It's not "all about Jesus". Jesus Himself would beg to differ and did, many times in the scripture, direct us to the Father- God - Yahweh. It's all about God! The resurrection is about the power and the Kingdom of GOD. In the Kingdom to come, the man, Christ Jesus will reign as our Lord for 1000 years, then hand the Kingdom back to HIS God and our God. Read the scriptures, not the corrupted Church Councils!