MATTHEW 27:53 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.”
And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. The appearance of the raised saints after Jesus' resurrection in the holy city: the timing (after his resurrection) grounds the saints' appearance in Jesus' own resurrection as its cause. The holy city Jerusalem receives the testimony of the resurrected saints.
Church Fathers on Matthew 27:53
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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