Matthew 27:52

New American Standard Bible 2020

Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

Cross References

2 Kings 13:21

And as they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band; and they threw the man into the grave of Elisha. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death for all time, And the Lord God will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the disgrace of His people from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits.

Daniel 12:2

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

Hosea 13:14

Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? Death, where are your thorns? Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight.

John 11:11

This He said, and after this He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may awaken him from sleep.”

Acts 7:60

Then he fell on his knees and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” Having said this, he fell asleep.

1 Corinthians 11:30

For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number are asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But the fact is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I am telling you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead, so also 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.