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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: 1 Corinthians 15:20 states: "However, now Christ has been raised up from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death." And at 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 15: "For if our faith is that Jesus died and rose again, so, too, those who have fallen asleep [in death] through Jesus God will bring with him. For this is what we tell YOU by Jehovah’s word, that we the living who survive to the presence of the Lord shall in no way precede those who have fallen asleep [in death]." So who entered into Jerusalem, a considerable time after the earthquake had occured, namely after the ressurection of Jesus' death? From what was written it is understood that the bodies did not have life, so Matthew had to have been talking about people who visited the tombs and brought the news of the events to Jerusalem. |