Matthew 27:52

and burials were opened, and many bodies of (the) saints that had slept, rose up. (and graves were opened, and many bodies of God’s people who had died, rose up.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

51And lo! the veil of the temple was rent in two parts, from the highest to the lowest, (or And behold! the veil of the Temple was torn in two parts, from the top to the bottom). And the earth shook, and the stones were cloven, [or And the earth was moved, and the stones were cleft];

53And they went out of their burials (or And they went out of their graves), and after his resurrection they came into the holy city, and appeared to many.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:19thy dead men shall live (again), and my slain men shall rise again. Ye that dwell in dust, awake, and praise; for why the dew of light is thy dew, and thou shalt draw down the land of giants into falling. (But thy dead shall live again, and my slain people shall rise again. Ye who live in the dust, awake, and give praise; for thy dew is the dew of light, and thou shalt revive those who have long been dead or and the earth shall bring back to life those who have long been dead.)

Hosea 13:14I shall deliver them from the hand of death, and I shall again-buy them from death. Thou death, I shall be thy death; thou hell, I shall be thy morsel. Comfort is hid from mine eyes, (But I shall save, or rescue, them from the hand of death, and I shall buy them back from death. O death, bring on thy death; O Sheol or O grave, bring on thy destruction. Mercy is hid from my eyes,)

Acts 7:60And he kneeled, and cried with a great voice, and said, Lord, set not to them this sin, (or Lord, do not hold this sin against them). And when he had said this thing, he died [or he slept in the Lord].

1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ hath risen again from death [or Now forsooth Christ rose again, from dead men], the first fruit (s) of dead men; (But the Messiah hath risen again from the dead, yea, he is the first fruits of the dead;)

1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe, that Jesus was dead, and rose again, so God shall lead with him them that be dead by Jesus. (For we believe, that Jesus died, and rose again, and so God shall bring back with him those who have died as believers.)

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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