Daniel 12:2
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Study Note
Study Note
Daniel's prophecy that 'many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt' is one of only two explicit OT references to bodily resurrection and final judgment (the other being Isaiah 26:19). The context of chapters 11-12 is the Antiochene persecution (c. 167 BCE) — the resurrection promise directly addresses those martyred for their faith, offering eschatological vindication when earthly justice has completely failed. Jesus cites a near-paraphrase in John 5:28-29 ('all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation'), making Daniel 12:2 the OT ground for his resurrection teaching. Acts 24:15's 'hope toward God... that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust' is Paul's formulation of the same tradition.
Other Translations
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
`And the multitude of those sleeping in the dust of the ground do awake, some to life age-during, and some to reproaches--to abhorrence age-during.
And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.
Cross References
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within …
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in …
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their …
But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not …
The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set …
Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word …
Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, …
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will …
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.