Matthew 27:52

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;

Cross References

2 Kings 13:21

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

Isaiah 25:8

He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord GODwill wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.

Daniel 12:2

And many of them that 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 thy plagues? O grave, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

John 11:11

These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

Acts 7:60

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not 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 not a few sleep.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:51

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

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.