lay in the grave

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But I was going upon the tamest possible excursion; for the first time in my life I was submitting to the direction of another, —albeit one who lay in the grave.

From The House of a Thousand Candles by Nicholson, Meredith

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 Gissing, George

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 Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)

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 Maclaren, Alexander

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 Miller, William James