Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a raiding party, so they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. When he touched Elisha’s bones, the man revived and stood up!
Matthew 27:52 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep in death were raised [to life]; American Standard Version (1901) and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised; Common English Bible and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised. Catholic Public Domain Version And the tombs were opened. And many bodies of the saints, which had been sleeping, arose. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose, |
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a raiding party, so they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. When he touched Elisha’s bones, the man revived and stood up!
When he has swallowed up death once and for all, the Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken.
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For you will be covered with the morning dew, and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.
Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to eternal life, and some to disgrace and eternal contempt.
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your barbs? Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.
He said this, and then he told them, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I’m on my way to wake him up.’
He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them! ’ And after saying this, he fell asleep.
This is why many are sick and ill among you, and many have fallen asleep.
But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
Listen, I am telling you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.