Matthew 27:52

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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

Cross References

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!

Isaiah 25:8

He will destroy death forever. 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.

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.

Daniel 12:2

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

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.

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.”

Acts 7:60

Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin! ” And saying this, he fell asleep.

1 Corinthians 11:30

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

1 Corinthians 15:20

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

1 Corinthians 15:51

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

1 Thessalonians 4:14

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

1 Thessalonians 5:10

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