6 Bible Verses about Opening Pits

And the fallen star opened the shaft leading to the deep pit and smoke drifted up from the shaft like smoke from a huge furnace. And the sun and the sky were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

Jesus said, "You people, take the stone away." [But] Martha, the dead man's sister, said to Jesus, "Lord, his body is decomposing by now, for he has been dead four days." Jesus replied to her, "Did I not tell you that you would see God's glory [i.e., a miraculous resurrection. See verses 22-27] if you believed?" So, they removed the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, thank you for hearing me. [Note: Jesus had already prayed for and been assured of Lazarus' resurrection].

Now early [in the morning], while it was still dark on the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday], Mary from Magdala went to the [cave-like] tomb and saw the stone [had been] removed from [the entrance of] the tomb.

They were questioning among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the cave for us?" And when they looked up, they saw that the stone had [already been] rolled away, and it was very large.

But they found the stone [had already been] rolled away from the [opening of the] grave site.

Graves opened up and the bodies of many dead saints [i.e., God's holy people] were raised up [from the dead].