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.”
King James Version
More of Daniel 12 on this siteDaniel 12:1-3 · Daniel 12:4-13
Many that sleep in the dust shall awake, some to everlasting life and some to shame — the clearest statement of bodily resurrection in the Hebrew Bible.
Fulfillment References
John 5:28-29 Revelation 20:11-15 Acts 24:15
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
JewishFuture general resurrection — confirms Jewish belief in bodily resurrection.
CatholicConfirms the two-destination resurrection doctrine.
ProtestantThe clearest OT statement of bodily resurrection and two-outcome final judgment.
DispensationalTwo literal resurrections 1,000 years apart (Rev 20:4-5).
AcademicLate Jewish apocalyptic (2nd century BC).
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