Bible Verses About Burial And Christian Funeral Practices

And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Direct resurrection and burial in one verse

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

Direct resurrection teaching

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.

Clear burial of Jesus with linen cloths and spices

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

Direct burial and lament for Stephen

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.

Baptismal burial imagery background

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.

dead men living and rising from dust

Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?

baptized for the dead cited in resurrection discussion

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

Graves opened at resurrection background

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.

Buried with Christ in baptism background

But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

First resurrection background

And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

open graves and saints raised

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.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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.

Spices and honored burial background

And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

Jesus’ burial in a tomb with a stone

And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

Burial action after death

And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

Jesus buried in a stone-cut tomb

Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.

Old Testament burial custom background

And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.

Sarah's burial in a cave is another burial custom passage

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.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

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

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

Acts records burial of a believer by the community

And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

Burial of John the Baptist

Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

Mourning language about the dead

Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:

Died with Christ and live with Him

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.

Funeral lament language for a king

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

Blessing on the dead in the Lord

And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.