Burial

And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? — read the full passage →

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: — read the full passage →

And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. — read the full passage →

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord God.

For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. — read the full passage →

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.

So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.

And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, — read the full passage →

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. — read the full passage →

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. — read the full passage →

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.

And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. — read the full passage →

In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth–el.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. — read the full passage →

And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon–gog.

They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — read the full passage →

And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. — read the full passage →

And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? — read the full passage →

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

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. — read the full passage →

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.

The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. — read the full passage →

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the Lord.

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. — read the full passage →

And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.