MATTHEW 27:52 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,”
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. The opened tombs and the raised saints: the resurrection of many at the crucifixion is the immediate eschatological consequence of Jesus' death. The saints who were asleep — the dead of Israel's covenant history — are raised as the firstfruits of the general resurrection.
Church Fathers on Matthew 27:52
Great things were done at the moment that Jesus cried with a great voice.
The wording sufficiently shews that the veil was rent just when He gave up the ghost. If he had not added, 'And, lo!' but had merely said, 'And the veil of the temple was rent,: it would have been uncertain whether Matthew and Mark had not inserted it here out of its place as they recollected, and Luke had observed the right order, who having said, 'And the sun was darkened,' adds, 'And the veil of the temple was rent in twain;' [Luke 23:45] or, on the contrary, Luke had…
; Or, The veil of the temple is rent, because from this time the nation was dispersed, and the honour of the veil is taken away with the guardianship of the protecting Angel.
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