King James Version
Matthew 27:52 in the King James Version says “And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,”
Matthew 27:52 · KJV
Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
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;
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“many”
G4183(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many; neuter (singular) as adverbial, largely; neuter (plural) as adverb or noun often, mostly, largely
“bodies”
G4983the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
“slept”
G2837to put to sleep, i.e., (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
“of the saints”
G40sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
“arose”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
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