Matthew 27:52

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

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  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
  • 1 Cor 15:20 : 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
  • John 5:25-29 : 25 Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son also to have life in Himself. 27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice. 29 And they will come out: those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  • 1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.
  • 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
  • Isa 25:8 : 8 He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.
  • Hos 13:14 : 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.
  • Acts 7:60 : 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out, 'Lord, do not hold this sin against them.' When he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • 1 Cor 15:51 : 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

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    53 After His resurrection, they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many people.

    54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, 'Truly this was the Son of God!'

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    51 Suddenly, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

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    1 After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

    2 Suddenly, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven. Approaching the tomb, he rolled away the stone and sat on it.

  • John 5:28
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    28 Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice.

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    30 But God raised Him from the dead.

  • Mark 16:2-6
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    2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb.

    3 They were asking each other, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?'

    4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled away.

    5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

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    5 The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why are you looking for the living one among the dead?"

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    1 On the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared, and some other women were with them.

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    60 and placed it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. He rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

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    19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

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    14 Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

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    16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

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    37 But He whom God raised did not see decay.

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    66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.