Matthew 27:52

and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the holy ones who have fallen asleep, arose,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

In Context

51and behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split,

53and having come forth out of the tombs after His rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:19Your dead live—My dead body, they rise. Awake and sing, you dwellers in the dust, || For the dew of herbs [is] your dew, || And you cause the land of Rephaim to fall.

Hosea 13:14Will I ransom them from the hand of Sheol? Will I redeem them from death? Where [is] your plague, O death? Where your destruction, O Sheol? Comfort is hid from My eyes.

Acts 7:60and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, “LORD, may You not lay to them this sin”; and having said this, he fell asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:20And now, Christ has risen out of the dead—He became the first-fruits of those sleeping,

1 Thessalonians 4:14for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God will bring with Him those asleep through Jesus,

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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