Matthew 27:52

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Summary

Matthew 27:52

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

Many

1 Corinthians 15:20

Slept

1 Thessalonians 5:10

General references

Jeremiah 2:12

Mark 15:38

Luke 19:40

Bible References

Many

he has swallowed up death forever! Then the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth." for the LORD has spoken.

"But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Those who live in the dust will wake up and shout for joy! For your dew is like the dew of dawn, and the earth will give birth to the dead.

"From the power of Sheol I will rescue them, from death I will redeem them. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? My eyes will remain closed to your pleas for compassion.

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the time approaches, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

But at this moment the Messiah stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvest of those who have died.

Slept

Many of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will awaken some to life everlasting, and some to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

That's why so many of you are weak and sick and a considerable number are dying.

Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so through Jesus God will bring those who have died with him.

who died for us in order that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

General references

Heavens, be appalled at this, be shocked, be utterly devastated," declares the LORD.

The curtain in the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.

He replied, "I tell you, if they were quiet, the stones would cry out!"