7 Bible Verses about Burials, Features
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And it chanced in those days that she was sick and died. When they had washed her and laid her in a chamber -
And in that she casted this ointment on my body, she did it to bury me, withal.
And so Joseph died, when he was a hundred and ten years old. And they embalmed him and put him in a chest in Egypt.
And he that was dead, came forth bound hand and foot, with grave bonds after the manner as they were wont to bind their dead withal. And his face was bound with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, "Loose him, and let him go."
And he went and touched the coffin, and they that bare him stood still. And he said, "Young man, I say unto thee, arise."
And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them over their brother.
Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness. So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous