And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, Treasury of Scripture many. Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces... Isaiah 26:19 Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust... Hosea 13:14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave... John 5:25-29 Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God... 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. slept. 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. 1 Corinthians 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I show 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 which sleep 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.
Context The Death of Jesus
45Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land to the ninth hour. 46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 47Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elias. 48And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. 49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. 50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many. 54Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him: 56Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose,
Darby Bible Translation
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints fallen asleep arose,
King James Bible
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Young's Literal Translation
and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,
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