'that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.' - The prophetic fulfillment Paul claims is that the Messiah would: (1) suffer (pathetós, pathetós-'capable of suffering'), (2) be 'the first to rise from the dead' (anastaseōs nekrōn, anastaseōs nekrōn-'first from resurrection of the dead'), and (3) 'bring light to his people and Gentiles' (phōs, phōs-'light'). This trilogy-suffering, resurrection, universal proclamation-ties all three to prophetic expectation, making the Christian claim the completion of Judaism's own promises.

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