Matthew 27:52

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And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.

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  • Dan 12:2 : 2 Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake– some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
  • 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 I tell you the solemn truth, a time 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, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, 27 and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and will come out– the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.
  • Isa 26:19 : 19 Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.
  • 1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.
  • 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.
  • Isa 25:8 : 8 he will swallow up death permanently. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the LORD has announced it!
  • Hos 13:14 : 14 The Lord Will Not Relent from the Threatened Judgment Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!
  • Acts 7:60 : 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
  • 1 Cor 15:51 : 51 Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed–

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    53(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)

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    51Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

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    1The Resurrection Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

    2Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

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    28“Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

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    30But God raised him from the dead,

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    2And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.

    3They had been asking each other,“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

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

    5Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.

    6But he said to them,“Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.

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    5The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?

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    19Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

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    43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

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    12Therefore prophesy, and tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel.

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    8Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

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    37but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay.

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    66So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.