Topic
Death of Saints, The
40 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 25:8Torrey Exemplified — Abraham
Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
- Genesis 35:29Torrey Exemplified — Isaac
And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.
- Genesis 49:33Torrey Exemplified — Jacob
And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
- Genesis 50:24Torrey Met with resignation
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Numbers 20:28Torrey Exemplified — Aaron
And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
- Numbers 23:10Torrey The wicked wish theirs to resemble
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
- Deuteronomy 34:5Torrey Exemplified — Moses
¶ So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
- Joshua 23:14Torrey Met with resignation
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one…
- Joshua 24:29Torrey Exemplified — Joshua
¶ And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
- 1 Kings 2:2Torrey Met with resignation
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
- 2 Kings 13:14Torrey Exemplified — Elisha
¶ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
- 2 Kings 13:20Torrey Exemplified — Elisha
¶ And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
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- 2 Kings 22:20 Torrey Removes from coming evil
- Job 3:17 Torrey LEADS TO — Rest
- Job 14:14 Torrey Waited for
- Psalms 23:4 Torrey God is with them in
- Psalms 48:14 Torrey God preserves them to
- Psalms 116:15 Torrey Precious in God's sight
- Proverbs 14:32 Torrey IS FULL OF — Hope
- Isaiah 26:19 Torrey LEADS TO — A joyful resurrection
- Isaiah 57:1 Torrey Removes from coming evil
- Isaiah 57:2 Torrey IS FULL OF — Peace
- Daniel 12:2 Torrey LEADS TO — A joyful resurrection
- Luke 2:29 Torrey Sometimes desired
- Luke 16:22 Torrey Illustrated
- Luke 16:25 Torrey LEADS TO — Comfort
- Luke 23:43 Torrey Exemplified — One thief
- Acts 9:37 Torrey Exemplified — Dorcas
- 1 Corinthians 15:18 Torrey A sleep in Christ
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 Torrey Met without fear
- 2 Corinthians 5:8 Torrey LEADS TO — Christ's presence
- Philippians 1:21 Torrey Is gain
- Philippians 1:23 Torrey LEADS TO — Christ's presence
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 Torrey Survivors consoled for
- 1 Thessalonians 4:14 Torrey A sleep in Christ
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7 Torrey LEADS TO — Rest
- 2 Timothy 4:8 Torrey LEADS TO — A crown of life
- Hebrews 11:13 Torrey IS FULL OF — Faith
- Revelation 2:10 Torrey LEADS TO — A crown of life
- Revelation 14:13 Torrey Is blessed
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 41 references, grouped by sub-topic
- A sleep in Christ 1Co 15:18; 1Th 4:14
- Is blessed Re 14:13
- Is gain Php 1:21
- IS FULL OF
- Sometimes desired Lu 2:29
- Waited for Job 14:14
- Met with resignation Ge 50:24; Jos 23:14; 1Ki 2:2
- Met without fear 1Co 15:55
- Precious in God's sight Ps 116:15
- God preserves them to Ps 48:14
- God is with them in Ps 23:4
- Removes from coming evil 2Ki 22:20; Isa 57:1
- LEADS TO
- Disregarded by the wicked Isa 57:1
- Survivors consoled for 1Th 4:13-18
- The wicked wish theirs to resemble Nu 23:10
- Illustrated Lu 16:22
- Exemplified
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.