11 Bible Verses about Carrying Dead Bodies

We always carry in the body the death of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.

I want to be buried where my fathers are. Carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried. Joseph answered: I will do as you say.

Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, Aaron's uncle. He said: Come here and carry your cousins' bodies away from the sacred tent and put them outside the camp.

So they came and took hold of the clothing on the corpses. They carried them outside the camp just as Moses had commanded.

He said: Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.

He said: Get up and let us go. But there was no answer. Then he put her body across the donkey and started on his way home.

When he came near the gate of the city he saw people carrying a dead person. It was the only son of a widow. Many people were with her.

Jesus said to her: Woman, why do you weep? Who are you looking for? She thought he was the gardener. She said: Sir, if you have carried him somewhere else tell me where you laid him and I will take him away.

The young men arose, covered him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

Then Peter said: How is it that you have agreed together to put Jehovah's Spirit to the test? Look, those who buried your husband are at the door to carry you out.

Then she fell down at his feet and died. The young men came in, and found her dead. They carried her out to be buried by her husband.