" 'I, and I alone, am God; no other god is real. I kill and I give life, I wound and I heal, and no one can oppose what I do.

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in dismay and exclaimed, "How can the king of Syria expect me to cure this man? Does he think that I am God, with the power of life and death? It's plain that he is trying to start a quarrel with me!"

God bandages the wounds he makes; his hand hurts you, and his hand heals.

Our God is a God who saves; he is the LORD, our Lord, who rescues us from death.

The people say, "Let's return to the LORD! He has hurt us, but he will be sure to heal us; he has wounded us, but he will bandage our wounds, won't he?

In two or three days he will revive us, and we will live in his presence.

I am telling you the truth: the time is coming---the time has already come---when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will come to life.

And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man.

and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die;

I am the living one! I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I have authority over death and the world of the dead.

But David answered, "Your father knows very well how much you like me, and he has decided not to let you know what he plans to do, because you would be deeply hurt. I swear to you by the living LORD that I am only a step away from death!"

The danger of death was all around me; the horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety.

Those of our people who have died will live again! Their bodies will come back to life. All those sleeping in their graves will wake up and sing for joy. As the sparkling dew refreshes the earth, so the LORD will revive those who have long been dead.

"In my distress, O LORD, I called to you, and you answered me. From deep in the world of the dead I cried for help, and you heard me.

I thought I had been banished from your presence and would never see your holy Temple again.

I went down to the very roots of the mountains, into the land whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, brought me back from the depths alive.

In the same way that Jonah spent three days and nights in the big fish, so will the Son of Man spend three days and nights in the depths of the earth.

We felt that the death sentence had been passed on us. But this happened so that we should rely, not on ourselves, but only on God, who raises the dead.

From such terrible dangers of death he saved us, and will save us; and we have placed our hope in him that he will save us again,