DivineMC/divinemc-server/minecraft-patches/sources/net/minecraft/server/MinecraftServer.java.patch

--- a/net/minecraft/server/MinecraftServer.java
+++ b/net/minecraft/server/MinecraftServer.java
@@ -986,6 +_,13 @@
             if (this.hasStopped) return;
             this.hasStopped = true;
         }
+        // DivineMC start - Respawn players that were dead on server restart
+        for (ServerPlayer player : this.playerList.players) {
+            if (player.isDeadOrDying() || (player.isRemoved() && player.getRemovalReason() == net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity.RemovalReason.KILLED)) {
+                this.playerList.respawn(player, false, net.minecraft.world.entity.Entity.RemovalReason.KILLED, org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerRespawnEvent.RespawnReason.DEATH);
+            }
+        }
+        // DivineMC end - Respawn players that were dead on server restart
         if (!hasLoggedStop && isDebugging()) io.papermc.paper.util.TraceUtil.dumpTraceForThread("Server stopped"); // Paper - Debugging
         shutdownThread = Thread.currentThread(); // Paper - Improved watchdog support
         org.spigotmc.WatchdogThread.doStop(); // Paper - Improved watchdog support