Matthew 27:52

Good News Translation

the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:21

One time during a funeral, one of those bands was seen, and the people threw the corpse into Elisha's tomb and ran off. As soon as the body came into contact with Elisha's bones, the man came back to life and stood up.

Isaiah 25:8

The Sovereign Lord will destroy death forever! He will wipe away the tears from everyone's eyes and take away the disgrace his people have suffered throughout the world. The Lord himself has spoken.

Isaiah 26:19

Those of our people who have died will live again! Their bodies will come back to life. All those sleeping in their graves will wake up and sing for joy. As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth, so the Lord will revive those who have long been dead.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who have already died will live again: some will enjoy eternal life, and some will suffer eternal disgrace.

Hosea 13:14

I will not save this people from the world of the dead or rescue them from the power of death. Bring on your plagues, death! Bring on your destruction, world of the dead! I will no longer have pity for this people.

John 11:11

Jesus said this and then added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I will go and wake him up.”

Acts 7:60

He knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord! Do not remember this sin against them!” He said this and died.

1 Corinthians 11:30

That is why many of you are sick and weak, and several have died.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But the truth is that Christ has been raised from death, as the guarantee that those who sleep in death will also be raised.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Listen to this secret truth: we shall not all die, but when the last trumpet sounds, we shall all be changed in an instant, as quickly as the blinking of an eye. For when the trumpet sounds, the dead will be raised, never to die again, and we shall all be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will take back with Jesus those who have died believing in him.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us in order that we might live together with him, whether we are alive or dead when he comes.