Matthew 27:53

And they came out of their sepulchers after his resurrection, and entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

In Context

52and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the saints that slept, arose.

54Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and what was done, were greatly afraid, and said: Of a truth, this was the Son of God.

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Cross References

Revelation 11:2But the court that is without the temple leave out, and measure it not: for it is given to the Gentiles, and the holy city they shall tread under foot forty-two months.

Revelation 22:19And if any one take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and from the holy city; which things are written in this book.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:51-57

The Crucifixion; The Death of Christ. 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the… Read the whole commentary →

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