Matthew 27:52

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The tombs were also opened  and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will live; their bodies  will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For you will be covered with the morning dew, and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose  again,  in the same way, through Jesus,  God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits  of those who have fallen asleep.

Daniel 12:2

Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.

Isaiah 25:8

When he has swallowed up death once and for all, the Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us,  so that whether we are awake or asleep,  we may live together with him.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen, I am telling you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem  them from death. Death, where are your barbs? Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

1 Corinthians 11:30

This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.

Acts 7:60

He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice,  ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them! ’ And after saying this, he fell asleep.

2 Kings 13:21

Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a raiding party, so they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. When he touched Elisha’s bones, the man revived and stood up!

John 11:11

He said this, and then he told them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,   but I’m on my way to wake him up.’