Matthew 27:52

A Conservative Version

and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the sanctified who have been asleep arose.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also those who became asleep through Jesus, God will bring with him.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallowed up death in victory, and lord LORD will wipe away tears from off all faces. And he will take away the reproach of his people from off all the earth. For LORD has spoken it.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

So that, whether we are awake or sleep, we should live together with him.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed,

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy sting? Repentance shall be hid from my eyes.

1 Corinthians 11:30

Because of this many are weak and sickly among you, and a considerable sleep.

Acts 7:60

And having knelt down, he cried out in a great voice, Lord, place not this sin to them. And after saying this, he slept.

2 Kings 13:21

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band, and they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha. And as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

John 11:11

He spoke these things, and after this he says to them, Our friend Lazarus has become asleep, but I go that I may awake him.