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 close them) many bodies of holy men were raised, (perhaps Simeon, Zacharias, John the Baptist, and others who had believed in Christ, and were known to many in Jerusalem,) And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, went into the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many — Who had probably known them before: God hereby signifying, that Christ had conquered death, and would raise all his saints in due season.
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Matthew 27:52
52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,