'Death' in the Bible

And when they had gone, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream, saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into Egypt, and do not go from there till I give you word; for Herod will be searching for the young child to put him to death.

And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi.

But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him,

The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

Another of the disciples said to Him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father (collect my inheritance).”

As He was telling them these things, suddenly one of the leaders came and knelt down before Him, saying, “My daughter is near death, but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

And you will be hated by everyone because of [your association with] My name, but it is the one who has patiently persevered and endured to the end who will be saved.

And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

But the Pharisees went out and made designs against him, how they might put him to death.

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

But when he saw [the effects of] the wind, he was frightened, and he began to sink, and he cried out, “Lord, save me!”

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

From that time began Jesus to shew to his disciples that it is necessary for him to go away to Jerusalem, and to suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and to be put to death, and the third day to rise.

Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

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

[For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.]

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Do not put anyone to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness,

When the disciples heard this, they were completely astonished and bewildered, saying, “Then who can be saved [from the wrath of God]?”

Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death,

and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the nations to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify, and the third day he will rise again.'

And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.

But when the workmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death and take his heritage.

And they took him and, driving him out of the vine-garden, put him to death.

They told him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."

Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

The rest [of the invited guests] seized his servants and mistreated them [insulting and humiliating them] and killed them.

The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.

For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

“Then they will hand you over to [endure] tribulation, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will be given up to the death of the cross.

and plotted together to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill Him.

Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.

Peter says to him, Even if I am put to death with you, I will not be false to you. So said all the disciples.

Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword.

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority,

and said, "I have sinned, in betraying to death one who is innocent." "What does that matter to us?" they replied; it is your business."

And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.

But the high priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to demand that Jesus be put to death.

Pilate says to them, What, then, am I to do with Jesus, who is named Christ? They all say, Let him be put to death on the cross.

Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.

And above His head they put the accusation against Him which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

and they said [tauntingly], “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself [from death]! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

“He saved others [from death]; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him and acknowledge Him.

But the rest said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him [from death].”

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life];

And the angel said to the women, Have no fear: for I see that you are searching for Jesus, who was put to death on the cross.

And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

Then the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians [to plot] against Him, as to how they might [fabricate some legal grounds to] put Him to death.

And he let them do it. And the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs; and the herd went rushing down a sharp slope into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they came to their death in the sea.

And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.

Taking the child’s hand, He said [tenderly] to her, “Talitha kum!”—which translated [from Aramaic] means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:

Now about 4,000 men were there. Then he sent them on their way.

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must [of necessity] suffer many things and be rejected [as the Messiah] by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and must be put to death, and after three days rise [from death to life].

And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.

because He was teaching His disciples [and preparing them for the future]. He told them, “The Son of Man is to be betrayed and handed over to men [who are His enemies], and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise [from the dead] three days later.”

You have knowledge of what is said in the law, Do not put any one to death, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not take what is not yours, Do not give false witness, Do not get money by deceit, Give honour to your father and mother.

Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:

They will mock and ridicule Him and spit on Him, and whip (scourge) Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise [from the dead].”

And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

And he sent another, and that one they killed; then many others—some they beat and some they killed.

But those tenants said to each other, ‘This man is the heir! Come on, let us kill him [and destroy the evidence], and his inheritance will be ours!’

And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.

What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.

There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

You will be hated by everyone because of [your association with] My name, but the one who [patiently perseveres empowered by the Holy Spirit and] endures to the end, he will be saved.

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

And on the first day of unleavened bread, when the Passover lamb is put to death, his disciples said to him, Where are we to go and make ready for you to take the Passover meal?

And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.

But he said with passion, If I have to be put to death with you, I will not be false to you. And they all said the same.

And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.

Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

And Pilate, desiring to do what was pleasing to the people, let Barabbas go free, and gave up Jesus, when he had been whipped, to be put to death on the cross.

And when they had made sport of him, they took the purple robe off him and put his clothing on him. And they took him out to put him to death on the cross.

save Yourself by coming down from the cross!”

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were ridiculing and mocking Him among themselves and saying, “He saved others [from death]; He cannot save Himself!

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 Jesus, having risen [from death] early on the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons.

Later, Jesus appeared to the eleven [disciples] themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He called them to account for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen [from death].

He who has believed [in Me] and has been baptized will be saved [from the penalty of God’s wrath and judgment]; but he who has not believed will be condemned.

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.