12 occurrences

'Resting places' in the Bible

Which is smaller than all seeds; but when it has come up it is greater than the plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and make their resting-places in its branches.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSmall Things God UsesBig ThingsSmall ThingsPlants Growing UpHerbsBirdsPlanting SeedsChange And GrowthSeedssoaring

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

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,

Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

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

Verse ConceptsResurrection, Of The DeadSaintsThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsCorpses Of Other PeopleRosesJesus Death

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.

Verse ConceptsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodPeople AppearingChrist Would RiseThe ResurrectionBurying placesLife After DeathRosesJesus Death

And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

Verse ConceptsChrist Driving Out PeopleSeeking FoodTwelve DisciplesStaying TemporarilyTemporary Stay In The Wildernesslonliness

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.

Verse ConceptsFigurative BurialsNot Knowing WherePeople Being Polluted

A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.

Verse ConceptsBuild, Literally

So you are witnesses and give approval to the work of your fathers; for they put them to death and you make their last resting-places.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinProphets Killed

It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden, and it became a tree, and the birds of heaven made their resting-places in its branches.

Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureParables Of ChristSmall ThingsPlants Growing Up

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