Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'sepulchre' occurs 58 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'sepulchre' in the standard works and contain 37.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 10 minutes to read the entire list.

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John 19:41-20:6 (8 in 8 verses)

Isa. 22:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Mark 15:46 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:11 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 27:60-61 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 27:66-28:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Luke 24:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 19 12 31
NT 35 4 39
BM 4 0 4
1 Ne. 1 0 1
2 Ne. 1 0 1
Alma 2 0 2
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 58 16 74

1 Ne. 19:10
And the God of our fathers, who were led out of Egypt, out of bondage, and also were preserved in the wilderness by him, yea, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, yieldeth himself, according to the words of the angel, as a man, into the hands of wicked men, to be lifted up, according to the words of Zenock, and to be crucified, according to the words of Neum, and to be buried in a sepulchre, according to the words of Zenos, which he spake concerning the three days of darkness, which should be a sign given of his death unto those who should inhabit the isles of the sea, more especially given unto those who are of the house of Israel.

2 Ne. 25:13
Behold, they will crucify him; and after he is laid in a sepulchre for the space of three days he shall rise from the dead, with healing in his wings; and all those who shall believe on his name shall be saved in the kingdom of God. Wherefore, my soul delighteth to prophesy concerning him, for I have seen his day, and my heart doth magnify his holy name.

Alma 19:1
And it came to pass that after two days and two nights they were about to take his body and lay it in a sepulchre, which they had made for the purpose of burying their dead.

Alma 19:5
Therefore, if this is the case, I would that ye should go in and see my husband, for he has been laid upon his bed for the space of two days and two nights; and some say that he is not dead, but others say that he is dead and that he stinketh, and that he ought to be placed in the sepulchre; but as for myself, to me he doth not stink.