Matthew 27:52

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy ones who had fallen asleep were raised;

Cross References

2 Kings 13:21

As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a band of raiders; and they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. As soon as the man touched Elisha’s bones, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

Isaiah 25:8

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for the LORD has spoken it.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.

Daniel 12:2

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

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

John 11:11

He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”

Acts 7:60

He knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

1 Corinthians 11:30

For this cause many amongst you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But now Messiah has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:51

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

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Yeshua.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

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