• Hos 13:14 — I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
• Isa 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

8 Christian traditions affirm this interpretation.

• Anglican · Anglican
• Baptist · Baptist
• Roman Catholic · Catholic
• Evangelical · Evangelical
• Lutheran · Lutheran
• Eastern Orthodox · Orthodox
• Patristic · Patristic
• Reformed · Reformed

4 passages from 4 historic works cite scripture this interpretation depends on.

• Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew · 1 passage
• Against the Arians (Orationes contra Arianos) · 1 passage
• Homilies on the First Epistle to the Corinthians · 1 passage
• The Great Catechism · 1 passage