“ And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, ”
And the graves were opened - “Graves” or sepulchres were most commonly made, among the Jews, in solid rocks or in caves of rocks. The rending of the rocks, therefore, would lay them open. The gra...
And the (r) graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, (r) That is to say, the stones broke apart, and the graves opened themselves to show by this act that death was overc...
The Death of Jesus ( Mark 15:33-41 *, Luke 23:44-49 ). Matthew 27:48 f. is to be preferred to Mark 15:36 . vv. Matthew 27:51-53 is found only in Mt., and may have as its basis Ezekiel 37...
graves . tombs. arose . were waked. All the texts read "were raised". Is this the resurrection referred to in Romans 1:3 . See notes there. Greek. egersis = awaking rousing up, or arising. Occu...
52 And graves were opened. This was also a striking miracle, by which God declared that his Son entered into the prison of death, not to continue to be shut up there, but to bring out all wh...
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And the graves were opened - By the earthquake; and many bodies of saints which slept, i.e. were dead, sleep being a commo...
And the graves were opened, &c.— The ancient sepulchres were hewn out of rocks, which being rent by the earthquake, discovered the cells wherein the bodies of the dead were deposited; but thoug...
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Many bodies of the saints which slept arose. — It is scarcely, perhaps, surprising that a narrative so exceptional in its marvellousness, and standing, as it does, without any collateral testimony...
Chapter 19 The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1-75 - Matthew 27:1-56 WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large pr...
the Broken Heart and the Rent Veil Matthew 27:45-56 With hushed hearts we stand in the presence of “that sight.” It is the tragedy of time; the one supreme act of self-surrender; the unique una...
The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out...
"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. (51) 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...
And the graves were opened ,.... Which were near the city of Jerusalem: this was a proof of Christ's power over death and the grave, by dying; when he through death, destroyed him that had the power...
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, Ver. 52. And the graves were opened ] To show that death was now swallowed up in victory by life essential; like as th...
And the graves were opened Some of the tombs were shattered and laid open by the earthquake, and doubtless continued open all the sabbath, since the law would not allow of any attempt to close them...
All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to t...
The Crucifixion; The Death of Christ. 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51 And, behold,...
See Poole on " Matthew 27:53 " .
The Final Farewell (27:27-54). In sober words Matthew now portrays what Jesus had to endure from the moment when He was handed over to His executioners to be mocked as ‘the King of the Jews' to th...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:45 . From the sixth hour. —The first three Gospels agree as to time and fact. Assuming them to follow the usual Jewish reckoning (as in Acts 2:15 ; Acts 3:1 ; Acts 1...
graves That these bodies returned to their graves is not said and may not be inferred. The wave-sheaf ( Leviticus 23:10-12 ) typifies the resurrection of Christ, but a sheaf implies plurality....
Matthew 27:51-54 The Language of the Signs. I. The earthquake. This was (1) a sign wrought by the direct and unusual interposition of the Creator. (2) It was a sign to alarm men, on account of th...
We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate. Matthew 27:15-30 . Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a nota...
The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance bef...
Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the Ghost. Seven wonders There were seven wonders which made the death of Christ exceedingly remarkable. I. Over His head was wri...
EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 27:1 When the morning was come. This is the e...
The death of Jesus:
1 Corinthians 11:30 ; 1 Corinthians 15:20 ; 1 Corinthians 15:51 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:14 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:10 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Hosea 13:14 ; Isaiah 25:8 ; Isaiah 26:19 ; John 5:25-29
Some of the tombs were shattered and laid open by the earthquake, and while they continued unclosed (and they must have stood open all the Sabbath, seeing the law would not allow any attempt to clo...