12. Ngokwalokho okutshiwo ku-1 Phetro 3:18, 22, ukuvuswa kukaJesu kwakutshiyene njani lokwabanye ababeke bavuswa?

¹² UPhawuli wayekwazi ukuthi ‘uKhristu wayevusiwe kwabafileyo.’ Ukuvuswa kukaJesu kwakungcono kulokwabanye ababeke bavuswa ngoba bona baphinda bafa. UPhawuli wathi uJesu ‘wayeyizithelo zokuqala zalabo asebafayo.’ Kungani kuthiwa uJesu wayengowokuqala? Waba ngowokuqala ukuvuswa eyisidalwa somoya lowokuqala owavuswa ukuthi ayephila ezulwini.—1 Khor. 15:20; ImiSeb. 26:23; bala u-1 Phetro 3:18, 22.

16. UPhawuli wayevezani ngesikhathi esithi uJesu ‘uyizithelo zokuqala’?

¹⁶ UPhawuli wabhala wathi uKhristu wavuswa ‘eyizithelo zokuqala zalabo asebafayo.’ UJesu wayengayisuye wokuqala ukuvuswa kwabafileyo. Bakhona abanye ababeke bavuswa, omunye wabo nguLazaro. Kodwa uJesu wayengowokuqala ukuvuswa eyisidalwa somoya njalo engowokuqala ukuthola ukuphila okungapheliyo. Wayenjengezithelo zokuqala ama-Israyeli ayezinikela kuNkulunkulu ngemva kokuvuna. Amazwi kaPhawuli athi uJesu ‘wayeyizithelo zokuqala’ aveza ukuthi bakhona abanye ababezavuswa ukuthi bayephila ezulwini. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi abaphostoli kanye labanye ‘ababemanyene loKhristu’ babezavuswa balandele uJesu ezulwini.