Luke 24:6 is sometimes rendered, “He is risen,” but the Greek is more precisely, “He has been raised.” The verb ἠγέρθη is passive, pointing to God as the one who acted. The same is true in Luke 24:34: “The Lord has certainly been raised.”

This is the consistent New Testament witness, more than sixty times God raised His Son, which underscores the fact Jesus is not God.

Paul says Christ “has been raised on the third day according to the Scriptures” (1 Cor. 15:4), and then states plainly that the apostles preach that God raised Christ (1 Cor. 15:15). Elsewhere he says, “God raised the Lord” (1 Cor. 6:14), “God…raised him from the dead” (Rom. 10:9; Gal. 1:1), Romans 4:25: “He was raised for our justification.” and believers wait for God’s Son from heaven, “whom He raised from the dead” (1 Thess. 1:10).

Paul also describes the dead as those who have “fallen asleep” (1 Cor. 15:6; 1 Thess. 4:13), so Christ is “the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep” (1 Cor. 15:20). In other words, Jesus was awakened from the sleep of death by God’s power. Acts teaches the same: God raised Jesus up (Acts 2:24, 32; 3:26).

The proper translation “He has been raised” better reflects both the Greek and the theology of Scripture: God raised Jesus from the dead.