Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
Ver. 18. Asleep in Christ] The Germans call the churchyard God's Acre, because the bodies are sowed therein, to be raised again. The Greeks call them κοιμητηρια, sleeping houses. The Hebrews call the grave Becbajim, the house of the living, Job calls it the congregation house of all living, Job 30:23. As the apostle calls heaven the congregation house of the firstborn, Hebrews 12:23 .