Commenting on how the resurrection was the “justification” of Jesus (cf.
1 Tim 3:16), Brandon Crowe noted that:
The resurrection
is the great “amen” to the sacrificial life and death of Jesus. It not only
demonstrates the veracity of Jesus’s predictions of his own resurrection (Luke
9:22; 18:33; cf. 24:6-7, 26, 46), but also proves that Jesus—and his message—were
“in the right.” Therefore, the resurrection is the justification of Jesus because by it Jesus’s punishment and
condemnation are overcome, and be is raised
to eternal life. (Brandon D. Crowe, The Hope
of Israel: The Resurrection of Christ in the Acts of the Apostles [Grand
Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2020], 108-9, emphasis added)
Here, the concept of Jesus’ “justification”
by God is not a mere declaration, but there is also a transformative element,
too (i.e., his being raised from death to eternal life). On how this relates to
1 Tim 3:16 and the use of δικαιοω, see:
Refuting Christina Darlington on the Nature of "Justification"