Cremation has become increasingly common across the modern world, especially in Western nations where traditions surrounding death, burial, and memorials have shifted dramatically over the past few decades. Families choose cremation for many reasons: practicality, cost, environmental concerns, mobility, or simply changing cultural norms.

But even as acceptance grows, one question continues to surface among Christians again and again: What does the Bible really say about cremation? For some believers, the subject carries emotional weight, tied to centuries of tradition and the deeply symbolic meaning of how the human body is honored after death. For others, cremation feels like a practical choice that shouldn’t conflict with faith. Between those two perspectives lies a long history of interpretation, custom, and theological debate that continues to shape how Christians approach the subject today.

The first and most important truth is that the Bible does not explicitly prohibit cremation. There is no commandment that forbids it, no divine decree labeling it sinful, and no passage that teaches believers that a body must be buried in the ground for God to resurrect it. Instead, what Scripture offers is a collection of stories, cultural practices, and symbolic gestures that reveal how ancient communities approached death. These accounts are rich with meaning, but they do not directly address modern cremation as it exists today.