Matthew 27:52
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52 The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
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Isaiah 26:19
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19 Your dead shall live; their corpses[a] shall rise.
Those who dwell in the dust will awake and shout for joy![b]
For your dew is a radiant dew,
and the earth will give birth to those long dead.[c](A)
1 Thessalonians 4:14
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14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.[a](A)
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- 4.14 Gk fallen asleep
1 Corinthians 15:20
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20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.[a](A)
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- 15.20 Gk fallen asleep
John 5:25-29
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25 “Very truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.(A) 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself, 27 and he has given him authority to execute judgment because he is the Son of Man.(B) 28 Do not be astonished at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and will come out: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation.(C)
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Daniel 12:2
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2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth[a] shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt.(A)
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Isaiah 25:8
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8 he will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.(A)
1 Thessalonians 5:10
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10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him.(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:51
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51 Look, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die,[a] but we will all be changed,(A)
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- 15.51 Gk fall asleep
Hosea 13:14
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14 Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from Death?
O Death, where are[a] your plagues?
O Sheol, where is[b] your destruction?
Compassion is hidden from my eyes.(A)
1 Corinthians 11:30
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30 For this reason many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.[a]
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- 11.30 Gk fallen asleep
Acts 7:60
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60 Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died.[a](A)
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- 7.60 Gk fell asleep
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