Matthew 27:52
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
KJV
καὶ τὰ μνημεῖα ἀνεῴχθησαν καὶ πολλὰ σώματα τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἁγίων ἠγέρθησαν·
Greek NT
et monumenta aperta sunt : et multa corpora sanctorum, qui dormierant, surrexerunt.
Vulgate
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;
ASV
And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose,
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κοιμάω
koimao
verb · 18×
μνημεῖον
mnemeion
noun · 37×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σῶμα
soma
noun · 141×
ἀνοίγω
anoigo
verb · 76×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: ἠγέρθησαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἠγέρθησαν | RP: ἠγέρθη
- ἠγέρθησαν — SBLGNT
- ἠγέρθησαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἠγέρθη — Robinson-Pierpont
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Theophany
Historic Christian voices
6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§633Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, "hell" - Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek - because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God.479 Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the poor man L…
If, therefore, those who were brought up in the ancient order of things have come to the possession of a new hope, no longer observing the Sabbath, but living in the observance of the Lord's Day, on which also our life has sprung up again by Him and by His death — whom some deny — then how shall we be able to live apart from Him?
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …
The necessity of His Resurrection The time of the Resurrection Its order Its cause Article 1. Whether it was necessary for Christ to rise again? Objection 1. It would seem that it was not necessary for Christ to rise again. For Damascene says (De Fide Orth. iv): "Resurrection is the rising again of an animate being, which was disintegrated and fallen." But Christ did not fall b…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 11:30 — For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
- 1Cor 15:20 — But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
- 1Cor 15:51 — Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
- 1Thess 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
- 1Thess 4:14 — For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
- 1Thess 5:10 — Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
- 2Kgs 13:21 — And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Eli
- Acts 7:60 — And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Dan 12:2 — And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Hos 13:14 — I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
- Isa 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
- Isa 26:19 — Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
- Isa 26:19 — Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
- John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
- John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
- Luke 23:44 — And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
- Ps 17:15 — As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Rev 8:5 — And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.