lay in the grave

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So long as Christ lay in the grave there was no assurance that His redemptive work had been acceptable to God.

From The Great Doctrines of the Bible by Evans, William

In his eyes, the initiate died physically, lay in the grave, and rose again.

From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry

Olive had been told that when people died, it was their bodies only that lay in the grave, and their souls went up to heaven to be with God.

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.

She had taken her daughter to Egypt; she had dwindled there till there was little more than a skeleton to lay in the grave.

From Esther Waters by Moore, George (George Augustus)

It told that Christ, who came to seek and save men's souls on earth, had continued that work in the world of the dead while His body lay in the grave.

From The Gospel of the Hereafter by Smyth, J. Paterson (John Paterson)