Matthew 27:52

Modern King James Version

and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep arose,

Cross References

2 Kings 13:21

And it happened as they were burying a man, behold, they spied a band. And they threw the man into the grave of Elisha. And the man went down and touched the bones of Elisha, and revived and stood up on his feet.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from all faces. And He shall take away from all the earth the rebuke of His people. For Jehovah has spoken.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead ones shall live, together with my dead body they shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is as the dew of lights, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

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.

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, where are your plagues; O Grave, where is your ruin! Repentance shall be hidden from My eyes.

John 11:11

He said these things; and after that He said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps. But I go so that I may awaken him out of sleep.

Acts 7:60

And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not lay this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

1 Corinthians 11:30

For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and many sleep.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now Christ has risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruit of those who slept.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I speak a mystery to you; we shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed;

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him all those who have fallen asleep through Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we watch or sleep we should live together with Him.