Matthew 28:5-7: "5 But the angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead, and behold, he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him. See, I have told you.'"
1 Corinthians 15:55-57: "55 'O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?' 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
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The verses from Matthew appear in the third verse and the first half of the fourth verse ("The angel said to them, 'Do not fear! / You look for Jesus who is not here...'" and "'Go spread the news: He's not in the grave...'"). The verses from 1 Corinthians appear most clearly in the refrain, specifically in the line "Death's fearful sting He has come to destroy," but "the victory" in verse 57 seems to be referenced in the line "Even the battle with sin is won" at the end of the hymn's fourth verse.
"For our Redeemer burst from the tomb, / Even from death, dispelling its gloom" in the first verse is drawn from Job 19:25: "For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth."
"For our Redeemer burst from the tomb, / Even from death, dispelling its gloom" in the first verse is drawn from Job 19:25: "For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth."
