13 Bible Verses about Tombs

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Matthew 27:59-60

And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, went away.

Mark 15:46

And having bought fine linen, he took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a tomb which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the tomb.

Luke 23:53

And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb that was hewn out of the rock; wherein no one had yet lain.

John 11:38

Jesus therefore, again greatly moved within himself, cometh to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

Matthew 27:60

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, went away.

Matthew 27:64-66

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him away, and say to the people, He hath risen from the dead; and the last error will be worse than the first. Pilate said to them, Ye have a guard; go, make it as secure as ye know how. And they went, and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone, and setting the guard.

Matthew 28:2

And, lo! there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.

Mark 16:3

And they said to one another, Who will roll away for us the stone from the door of the tomb?

Luke 24:2

And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb;

John 19:41

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.

Matthew 23:27-28

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of dead mens bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Luke 11:43-44

Woe to you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the markets. Woe to you, for ye are as tombs which are unseen, and men walking over them know it not.

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Mark 16:5

And they entered the tomb, and saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

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