Matthew 27:52

Modern English Version

The graves also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had died were raised,

Cross References

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live, their corpses shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in dust, for your dew is as the dew of the dawn, and the earth shall give birth to the departed spirits.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and arose again, so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Daniel 12:2

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake—some to everlasting life, and others to everlasting shame and contempt.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death for all time, and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He shall take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken it.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

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

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

1 Corinthians 11:30

For this reason many are weak and unhealthy among you, and many die.

Acts 7:60

Then he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” Having said this, he fell asleep.

2 Kings 13:21

As they were burying a man, behold, they saw raiders. So they threw the man into the tomb of Elisha. When the man touched the bones of Elisha, he came to life and stood on his feet.

John 11:11

After He said this, He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going that I may awaken him from sleep.”