Matthew 27:52

and graves dyd open: and the bodies of many sainctes which slept arose

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

51And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne from ye toppe to the bottome and the erth dyd quake and the stones dyd rent

53and came out of ye graves after his resurreccion and came into the holy cite and appered vnto many.

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Cross References

Acts 7:60And he kneled doune and cryed with a loude voyce: Lorde laye not this synne to their charge. And when he had thus spoken he fell a slepe.

1 Corinthians 15:20But now is Christ rysen from deeth and is become the fyrst frutes of them that slept.

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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