lay in the grave

Example Sentences

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But I was going upon the tamest possible excursion; for the first time in my life I was submitting to the direction of another, —albeit one who lay in the grave.

From The House of a Thousand Candles by Nicholson, Meredith

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.

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

Not the certain fact that Jesus lay in the grave; but the blessed Man Himself, who lay there for me.

From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)

All Friday night, Saturday, and Saturday night, His body lay in the grave; His soul was—where we cannot tell. 

From Twenty-Five Village Sermons by Kingsley, Charles