King James Bible Acts 12:4

And when he [Herod] had apprehended him [Peter], he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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Background
When Elijah died, Elisha succeeded Elijah and performed a miracle to cross the Jordan river, and the people watching said he had Elijah’s spirit as Kings 2:15 (NIV) says:

The company of the prophets from Jericho, who were watch…

The intuitive view of the Pauline letters is that they were collected by their recipients, that means that they were collected by the churches in Greece and Asia Minor, what we today would call the "Eastern" tradition.
Ancient au…

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Pneuma 30 (2008) 271-287 Dialogue Spirit and Spirituality: Philosophical Trends in Late Modern Pneumatology F. LeRon Shults University of Agder, Gimlemoen, 4604 Kristiansand, Norway…

In the Old Testament, when someone dies, he is sometimes said to be "gathered to his people" or a close variant:

Genesis 15:15 As for you [Abraham], you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
Ge…