Mat 27:52
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
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Thy dead {men} shall live, {together with} my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew {is as} the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, {and} become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame {and} everlasting contempt.
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken {it}.
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. {power: Heb. hand}
For this cause many {are} weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Thy dead {men} shall live, {together with} my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew {is as} the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. {earth: or, land}
But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast {it} into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. {into: or, upon}
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band {of men}; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. {was...: Heb. went down}
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all {quarters}, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.