Matthew 27:53
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
KJV
καὶ ἐξελθόντες ἐκ τῶν μνημείων μετὰ τὴν ἔγερσιν αὐτοῦ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν καὶ ἐνεφανίσθησαν πολλοῖς.
Greek NT
Et exeuntes de monumentis post resurrectionem ejus, venerunt in sanctam civitatem, et apparuerunt multis.
Vulgate
and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many.
ASV
And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city and appeared to many.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai
verb · 195×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
μνημεῖον
mnemeion
noun · 37×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
ἅγιος
agios
adjective · 233×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐμφανίζω
emphanizo
verb · 10×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἔγερσις
egersis
noun · 1×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
2 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…