Matthew 27:52

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

2 Kings 13:21

As a man was being buried, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha; as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he came to life and stood on his feet.

Isaiah 25:8

he will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live; their corpses shall rise. Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy! For your dew is a radiant dew, and the earth will give birth to those long dead.

Daniel 12:2

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

Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

John 11:11

After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.”

Acts 7:60

Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died.

1 Corinthians 11:30

For this reason many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.

1 Corinthians 15:51

Look, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed,

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.