'Dead' in the Bible

But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

But he said to them, "Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm.

And when he had come to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, there came out to him from the place of the dead, two who had evil spirits, so violent that no man was able to go that way.

While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

And you, Capernaum, are you to be exalted to heaven [for your apathy and unresponsiveness]? You will descend to Hades (the realm of the dead); for if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

And there was a man with a dead hand. And they put a question to him, saying, Is it right to make a man well on the Sabbath day? so that they might have something against him.

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

From that time Jesus went on to make clear to his disciples how he would have to go up to Jerusalem, and undergo much at the hands of those in authority and the chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and the third day come again from the dead.

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.

And they will put him to death, and the third day he will come again from the dead. And they were very sad.

And will give him up to the Gentiles to be made sport of and to be whipped and to be put to death on the cross: and the third day he will come back again from the dead.

And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

On that day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and asked Him a question,

When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

Wherever the dead body is, there will the eagles come together.

But after I am come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

And they made a decision to get with the silver the potter's field, as a place for the dead of other countries.

And when they came to the place named Golgotha, that is to say, Dead Man's Head,

And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;

And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.

And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth (burial wrapping),

And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.

Saying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

And he went again into the Synagogue; and there was a man there whose hand was dead.

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Calm down!" Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm.

And when he had got out of the boat, straight away there came to him from the place of the dead a man with an unclean spirit.

He was living in the place of the dead: and no man was able to keep him down, no, not with a chain;

And all the time, by day and by night, in the place of the dead, and in the mountains, he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?

And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.

And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

And teaching them, he said that the Son of man would have to undergo much, and be hated by those in authority, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days come back from the dead.

And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.

And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.

because he was teaching his disciples, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into human hands. They will kill him, but after being dead for three days he will be raised."

And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.

And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.

And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.

And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

But after I have come back from the dead, I will go before you into Galilee.

And they took him to the place named Golgotha, which is, Dead Man's Head.

And when the Centurion who stood in front of the cross saw that He was dead, he exclaimed, "This man was indeed God's Son."

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he let Joseph have the corpse.

So Joseph purchased a [fine] linen cloth [for wrapping the body], and after taking Jesus down [from the cross], he wrapped Him in the linen cloth and placed Him in a tomb which had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a [large, wheel-shaped] stone against the entrance of the tomb.

And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits.

And later he was seen by the eleven themselves while they were taking food; and he said sharp words to them because they had no faith and their hearts were hard, and because they had no belief in those who had seen him after he had come back from the dead.

And it came about, on another Sabbath, that he went into the Synagogue and was teaching there. And a man was there whose right hand was dead.

But he had knowledge of their thoughts; and he said to the man whose hand was dead, Get up and come into the middle. And he got up and came forward.

Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.

And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.

And when he had come to the land, there came to him a certain man from the town who had evil spirits; and for a long time he had had no clothing on, and was not living in a house but in the place of the dead.

While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.

And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.

And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades (the realm of the dead).

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.

And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise).

And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Then the disciples said to him, "Where, Lord?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather."

And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

And [after receiving permission] he took it down and wrapped it in a linen [burial] cloth and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.

And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?