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NASB | Matthew 27:53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 27:53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people. |
Subject: I have a problem with Mat 27:53 |
Bible Note: The word used here is egerio, and means to "raise up." It is also used in Matthew 12:11; 17:7; and Luke 1:69 in conjection with not a literal ressurection but to "lift out" from a pit or to "get up" from the ground. The Greek writer Aelius Aristides in the second century talked about reports after an earthquake that caused a similiar occerence where the bodies were thrust out of their graves. Many Bible commentators have trouble explaining this Scripture, and several of them describe the opening of the tompbs by the earthquake and the exposing of bodies that had been buried. Colossians 1:18 explains that Jesus was the "firstborn from the dead." 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18 explains that those with the heavenly hope would rest in deathlike sleep until the appointed time for Jesus to raise them up in immortality as is explained in 1 Corinthians 15. Also notice as Paul clearly explained the hope of the holy ones, he did not once quote the Scripture in Matthew, nor did any other Bible writer. |