'Grave' in the Bible
And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.
Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.
Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave.
He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
It is to you first that God, after raising His Servant from the grave, has sent Him to bless you, by causing every one of you to turn from your wickedness."
And [as for the fact] that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay [in the grave], He has spoken in this way: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David [those blessings and mercies that were promised to him].’
For this reason He also says in another Psalm, ‘You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay.’
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was buried among his fathers and experienced decay [in the grave];
but He whom God raised [to life] did not experience decay [in the grave].
After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges against him which they were not able to prove,
Their throat is an open grave;they deceive with their tongues.Vipers’ venom is under their lips.
And not only this, but we too, who have the first fruits of the Spirit [a joyful indication of the blessings to come], even we groan inwardly, as we wait eagerly for [the sign of] our adoption as sons—the redemption and transformation of our body [at the resurrection].
"nor 'Who shall go down into the abyss?'" --that is, to bring Christ up again from the grave.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as are grave, as many as are righteous, as many as are pure, as many as are lovely, as many as are of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, believers, about those who are asleep [in death], so that you will not grieve [for them] as the others do who have no hope [beyond this present life].
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.