Matius 27:53

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Dan sesudah kebangkitan Yesus, merekapun keluar dari kubur, lalu masuk ke kota kudus dan menampakkan diri kepada banyak orang.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dan sesudah kebangkitan Yesus, merekapun keluar dari kubur, lalu masuk ke kota kudus dan menampakkan diri kepada banyak orang.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
dan keluar daripada kuburnya, maka kemudian daripada kebangkitan Yesus, masuklah mereka itu ke dalam negeri kudus, lalu kelihatan kepada banyak orang.

Contextual Overview

⁵⁰ Iesus, when he had cryed agayne with a loude voyce, yeelded vp ye ghost. ⁵¹ And beholde, the vayle of the temple dyd rent into two partes, fro the toppe to the bottome, and the earth did quake and the stones rent. ⁵² And graues dyd open, and many bodyes of saintes which slept, arose: ⁵³ And went out of the graues, after his resurrection, and came into the holy citie, and appeared vnto many. ⁵⁴ When the Centurion, and they that were with hym watchyng Iesus, sawe the earthquake, and those thynges that were done, they feared greatly, saying: truely, this was the sonne of God. ⁵⁵ And many wome were there (beholdyng hym a farre of) whiche folowed Iesus fro Galilee, ministring vnto him. ⁵⁶ Among which, was Marie Magdalene, and Marie the mother of Iames and Ioses, & the mother of Zebedees chyldren.

Bible Verse Review
  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.