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Matthew 27:53
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And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.
And came out of the graues after his resurrection, and went into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many.
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
They came out of the graves after Jesus was raised from the dead and went into the holy city, where they appeared to many people.
and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.
and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
After Jesus' resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
Then after Jesus had risen to life, they came out of their graves and went into the holy city, where they were seen by many people.
and after Yeshua rose, they came out of the graves and went into the holy city, where many people saw them.
and going out of the tombs after his arising, entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.
They came out of the graves. And after Jesus was raised from death, they went into the holy city, and many people saw them.
And came out of the graues after his resurrection, and went into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many.
And they went out; and after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city, and appeared to a great many.
They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them.
and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
And coming forth out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered into the holy city and were revealed to many.
and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.
And coming out of their resting-places, after he had come again from the dead, they went into the holy town and were seen by a number of people.
and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
After his resurrection, they came out of their tombs and went into the Holy City[fn] and appeared to many people.
and came forth, and after his resurrection went into the holy city, and were seen by many.
and came forth; and, after his resurrection, entered into the holy city, and appeared to many.
and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.
and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
And coming out of their tombs after Christ's resurrection they entered the holy city and showed themselves to many.
And thei yeden out of her birielis, and aftir his resurreccioun thei camen in to the holi citee, and apperiden to many.
and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)
and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
They left the cemetery after Jesus' resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.
After Jesus was raised from the grave, these arose from their graves and went into Jerusalem, the Holy City. These were seen by many people.
After his resurrection they came out of the tombs and entered the holy city and appeared to many.
and, coming forth out of the tombs after his arising, entered into, the holy city, and plainly appeared unto many.
And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city and appeared to many.
and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
and came out of ye graves after his resurreccion and came into the holy cite and appered vnto many.
and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
and wete out of the graues after his resurreccion, and came in to the holy cite, and appeared vnto many.
and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
They rode out of the graveyards, and after Jesus came back to life, they went into Jerusalem and were seen by a lot of folks.
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
holy: Matthew 4:5, Nehemiah 11:1, Isaiah 48:2, Daniel 9:24, Revelation 11:2, Revelation 21:2, Revelation 22:19
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 13:21 - touched Nehemiah 11:18 - the holy Psalms 17:15 - I awake Acts 26:23 - the first
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And came out of the graves after his resurrection,.... The resurrection of Christ; for he rose as the first fruits, as the first begotten of the dead, and the firstborn from the dead; for he was the first that was raised to an immortal life; for though others were raised before him, by himself, and in the times of the prophets, yet to a mortal life; but these saints came forth to the resurrection of life, and therefore it was necessary that Christ the first fruits, should rise first. The Arabic version indeed reads, "after their own resurrection"; and the Ethiopic version, "after they were raised"; both wrong, and scarcely sense:
and went into the holy city; the city of Jerusalem, which though now a very wicked city, was so called, because of the temple, and the worship of God, and his residence in it: the burying places of the Jews were without the city a, and therefore these risen saints, are said to go into it:
and appeared unto many; of their friends and acquaintance, who had personally known them, and conversed with them in their lifetime. These saints, I apprehend, continued on earth until our Lord's ascension, and then joining the retinue of angels, went triumphantly with him to heaven, as trophies of his victory over sin, Satan, death, and the grave.
a Vid. Gloss. in T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 80. 2. & Maimon. Hilch. Shemitta veyobel, c. 13. sect. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And came out of the graves after his resurrection - The narrative of Matthew does not determine whether they came to life before Jesus rose, and remained in the tombs, or came to life after he died. The latter is probably the correct opinion. There is nothing said of the reason why they were raised. It is not improbable to suppose that it was, amid the other wonders attending the death of Jesus, to convince the Jews that he was the Messiah. Perhaps some who had been his open friends were raised up now as an attestation that he in whom they had believed was the Christ. What became of them after they had entered into the city whether they again died or ascended to heaven, is not revealed, and conjecture is vain.
The holy city - Jerusalem, called holy because the temple was there, because it was devoted to God, and because it was the place of religious solemnities.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 53. And came out of the graves after his resurrection — Not BEFORE, as some have thought, for Christ was himself the FIRST FRUITS of them who slept, 1 Corinthians 15:20. The graves were opened at his death, by the earthquake, and the bodies came out at his resurrection.
And appeared unto many. — Thus establishing the truth of our Lord's resurrection in particular, and of the resurrection of the body in general, by many witnesses. Quesnel's reflections on these passages may be very useful.
"1. The veil being rent shows that his death is to put an end to the figurative worship, and to establish the true religion.
2. The earthquake, that this dispensation of the Gospel is to make known through the earth the judgments of God against sin and sinners.
3. The rocks being rent declare that the sacrifice of Christ is to make way for the grace of repentance.
4. The graves being opened, that it is to destroy the death of sin, and confer the life grace on sinners.
5. The rising of the bodies of the saints shows that this death of Christ is to merit, and his Gospel publish, the eternal happiness of body and soul for all that believe in his name."
It is difficult to account for the transaction mentioned Matthew 27:52-53. Some have thought that these two verses have been introduced into the text of Matthew from the gospel of the Nazarenes; others think that the simple meaning is this: - by the earthquake several bodies that had been buried were thrown up and exposed to view, and continued above ground till after Christ's resurrection, and were seen by many persons in the city. Why the graves should be opened on Friday, and the bodies not be raised to life till the following Sunday, is difficult to be conceived. The place is extremely obscure.
