lay in the grave
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Descent into Hell.—An article of the Creed in which we confess our belief that our Lord while His Body lay in the grave, descended into the place of departed spirits.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by William James Miller
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 F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
The secret of her mother's life lay in the grave and in her own mind; the one would render it up as soon as the other.
From The Unclassed by George Gissing
The words apply in their fullness only to the parenthesis of time whilst He lay in the grave, and the disciples despairingly thought that all was ended.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren
She knew his story, and how much of his heart lay in the grave of his lost love.
From Dora Thorne by Charlotte M. Brame
