16 Bible Verses About Zombies

  • Three accounts tell of dead bodies brought back to life: the man thrown into Elisha’s tomb (2 Kings 13:21), Lazarus after four days (John 11), and the holy people raised when Jesus died (Matthew 27:52-53).
  • In Ezekiel 37 the dry bones take on tendons, flesh and skin but do not live until breath enters them, and God explains the bones as the people of Israel.
  • Zechariah 14:12 describes flesh rotting on people who are still alive, as a plague on the nations that fight against Jerusalem.
  • Daniel 12:2 and John 5:28-29 promise that the dead will rise, some to life and some to condemnation.
  • Paul says the raised body is imperishable and glorious (1 Corinthians 15:42-44) and calls people dead in their sins while they go on living (Ephesians 2:1).

The Bible has no zombies. It does tell of dead bodies brought back to life: a man thrown into Elisha’s tomb (2 Kings 13:21), Lazarus after four days (John 11) and holy people raised when Jesus died (Matthew 27:52-53). Ezekiel 37 gives the vision of dry bones taking on tendons, flesh and breath. Beyond those accounts, the Old and New Testaments promise a resurrection of the dead at the end (Daniel 12:2, John 5:28-29), and Paul describes the raised body…

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