That is, did Jesus need to die, specifically, to destroy the power of death?
1 Corinthians 15:54 - 55
ESV - 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory. 55 "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
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