Matthew 27:52

and graves were opened; and many bodies of saints who slept, arose,

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

51And instantly, the curtain of the door of the temple was torn asunder, from the top to the bottom; and the earth shook; and the rocks rived;

53and came forth; and, after his resurrection, entered into the holy city, and appeared to many.

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Cross References

Acts 7:60And when he had kneeled down, he cried with a loud voice, and said: Our Lord, establish not this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:20But now the Messiah hath risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.

1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them who sleep, will God, by Jesus, bring with him.

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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