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Verse 52. _AND THE GRAVES WERE OPENED_] By the earthquake; and many
bodies of saints which slept, i.e. were _dead, sleep_ being a common
expression for _death_ in the Scriptures....
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AND THE GRAVES WERE OPENED - “Graves” or sepulchres were most
commonly made, among the Jews, in solid rocks or in caves of rocks.
The rending of the rocks, therefore, would lay them open. The graves
w...
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CHAPTER 27
1. Delivered unto Pilate.(Matthew 27:1 .) 2. The Suicide of
Judas.(Matthew 27:3 .) 3. Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11 .) 4. The
Awful Choice....
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THE DEATH OF JESUS (Mark 15:33 *, Luke 23:44).
Matthew 27:48 f. is to be preferred to Mark 15:36. vv....
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THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew
27:11-26)...
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And, look you, the veil of the Temple was rent in two from top to
bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were split, and the
tombs were opened, and the bodies of many of God's dedicated ones...
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GRAVES. tombs.
AROSE. were waked. All the texts read "were raised". Is this the
resurrection referred to in Romans 1:3. See notes there. Greek.
_egersis =_ awaking rousing up, or arising. Occurs only...
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Events that followed the Crucifixion. (1) The Veil of the Temple rent;
(2) the Earthquake; (3) the Saints arise; (4) the Centurion at the
Cross; (5) the Watching of the Women
Of these, (2) and (3) ar...
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EVENTS THAT FOLLOWED THE CRUCIFIXION. (1) THE VEIL OF THE TEMPLE RENT;
(2) THE EARTHQUAKE; (3) THE SAINTS ARISE; (4) THE CENTURION AT THE
CROSS; (5) THE WATCHING OF THE WOMEN
Of these, (2) and (3) ar...
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ΤΩ͂Ν ΚΕΚΟΙΜΗΜΈΝΩΝ ἉΓΊΩΝ. κοιμᾶσθαι
twice in this gospel, here figuratively of death; ch. Matthew 28:13,
of literal sleep. The figure is quite classical, as ὡς ὁ μὲν
αὖθι πεσὼν κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕπνον,...
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Ver 51. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the
top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52.
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints whi...
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_JESUS' DEATH AND BURIAL MATTHEW 27:32-66:_ The power of the cross
makes salvation possible. The sign over His head read, "This is Jesus
the King of the Jews." He is far more though, "Now to the King...
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ΜΝΗΜΕΊΑ _pl. от_ ΜΝΗΜΕΊΟΝ (G3419) гробница.
ΆΝΕΩΧΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΑΝΟΊΓΩ (G455)
открывать,
ΚΕΚΟΙΜΗΜΈΝΩΝ _perf. pass._part, от ΚΟΙΜΆΩ (G2837)
спать, засыпать,
ΉΓΈΡΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от...
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AND THE GRAVES WERE OPENED, &C.— The ancient sepulchres were hewn
out of rocks, which being rent by the earthquake, discovered the cells
wherein the bodies of the dead were deposited; but though these...
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MIRACLES ACCOMPANYING THE DEATH OF CHRIST
TEXT: 27:51-53
51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to
the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent; 52 and
th...
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And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept
arose,
AND THE GRAVES WERE OPENED; AND MANY BODIES OF THE SAINTS WHICH SLEPT
AROSE,...
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29 See Psa_69:19-20; Isa_53:3.
30 See Isa_50:6.
31 See Isa_53:7-8; Php_2:9-10.
31 In mockery, our Lord went through the mimic ceremony of being
invested with imperial dignity. The shining attire wit...
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THE GRAVES WERE OPENED] i.e. by the shock of the earthquake. AND MANY
BODIES OF THE SAINTS, etc.] i.e. they rose, not immediately, but with
Christ at His Resurrection.
This incident seems to be a pic...
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BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION
1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 :
see on Jn)....
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 27
JUDAS KILLS HIMSELF 27:1-10
V1 It was very early in the morning. All the chief *priests and the
other leaders decided that Jesus...
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MANY BODIES OF THE SAINTS WHICH SLEPT AROSE. — It is scarcely,
perhaps, surprising that a narrative so exceptional in its
marvellousness, and standing, as it does, without any collateral
testimony in...
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Chapter 19
The Great Atonement Day - Matthew 26:1 - Matthew 27:1
WE enter now on the story of the last day of the mortal life of our
Lord and Saviour. We have already noticed the large proportionate...
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_Death and its accompaniments_ (Mark 15:37-41; Luke 23:46-49)....
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THE BROKEN HEART AND THE RENT VEIL
Matthew 27:45-56
With hushed hearts we stand in the presence of “that sight.” It is
the tragedy of time; the one supreme act of self-surrender; the unique
unapproac...
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The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect.
This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture
of Judas in his remorse is very terrible.
Pilate stands out as...
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And the (r) graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which
slept arose,
(r) That is to say, the stones broke apart, and the graves opened
themselves to show by this act that death was overco...
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CHAPTER 28
CONCURRENT MIRACLES
Luke 23:45-49; Mark 15:38-41; Matthew 27:51-56. Our Lord has already
expired on the cross, and now we proceed to consider the concurrent
miracles so overwhelmingly atte
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"Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the
ghost. (51) And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from
the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks r...
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We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem,
traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once
been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
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52_And graves were opened. _This was also a striking miracle, by which
God declared that his Son entered into the prison of death, not to
continue to be shut up there, but to bring out all who were he...
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After this (chapter 27), the unhappy priests and heads of the people
deliver up their Messiah to the Gentiles, as He had told His
disciples. Judas, in despair under Satan's power, hangs himself,
havin...
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AND THE GRAVES WERE OPENED,.... Which were near the city of Jerusalem:
this was a proof of Christ's power over death and the grave, by dying;
when he through death, destroyed him that had the power of...
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_And the graves were opened_ Some of the tombs were shattered and laid
open by the earthquake, and doubtless continued open all the sabbath,
since the law would not allow of any attempt to close them...
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WHICH SLEPT; who were dead.
AROSE; not now, but, as is added in the next verse, after his
resurrection. These were the earnest of the general resurrection at
the last day. The whole transaction was d...
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AND THE GRAVES WERE OPENED; AND MANY BODIES OF THE SAINTS WHICH SLEPT
AROSE,...
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The death of Jesus:...
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All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the
Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be
put to death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to th...
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51-56 The rending of the veil signified that Christ, by his death,
opened a way to God. We have an open way through Christ to the throne
of grace, or mercy-seat now, and to the throne of glory hereaf...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:53"....
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Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
and therefore endure, that we may be found the disciples of Jesus
Christ, our only Master-how shall we be able to live apart from Him,
whose disciples the prophe...
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Matthew 27:52 and G2532 graves G3419 opened G455 (G5681) and G2532
many G4183 bodies G4983 saints G40 who...
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‘And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had
fallen asleep were raised, and coming forth out of the tombs after his
resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared to ma...
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DIVINE VINDICATION. JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD (27:45-54).
By now Jesus had been on the cross about three hours, and around noon
an extraordinary event took place. For over the whole land there came
gros...
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THE FINAL FAREWELL (27:27-54).
In sober words Matthew now portrays what Jesus had to endure from the
moment when He was handed over to His executioners to be mocked as
‘the King of the Jews' to the t...
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Matthew 27:52-53. THE TOMBS WERE OPENED. The Jewish tombs, unlike our
own, were natural or artificial excavations in rocks, the entrance
being closed by a door or a large stone. These, the stone doors...
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This section describes the _central fact of the world's history_. The
accounts of the four Evangelists agree perfectly as to the main
points; but each mentions circumstances omitted by the others. Mat...
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THE TOMBS WERE OPENED
(τα μνημεια ανεωιχθησαν). First aorist passive
indicative (double augment). The splitting of the rocks by the
earthquake and the opening of tombs can be due to the earthquake....
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GRAVES
That these bodies returned to their graves is not said and may not be
inferred. The wave-sheaf (Leviticus 23:10) typifies the resurrection
of Christ, but a sheaf implies plurality. It was a si...
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Matthew 27:51
The Language of the Signs.
I. The earthquake. This was (1) a sign wrought by the direct and
unusual interposition of the Creator. (2) It was a sign to alarm men,
on account of the capit...
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Matthew 27:50. _Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost._
Christ's strength was not exhausted; his last word was uttered with a
loud voice, like the shout of a conqueri...
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We are now to read about our Lord before Pontius Pilate.
Matthew 27:15. Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto
the people a prisoner, whom they would. And they had then a notable
pri...
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Matthew 27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the
common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And
they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they...
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Matthew 27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the
common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And
they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe. And when they h...
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Matthew 27:50. _Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice,
yielded up the ghost._
Christ's strength was not exhausted; his last word was uttered with a
loud voice, like the shout of a conqueri...
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CONTENTS: Jesus delivered to Pilate. Judas' remorse. Barabbas released
in Jesus' place. The crucifixion of Christ. The entombment and sealing
of the tomb.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Jerem...
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The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of
our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the
treason of Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance befo...
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THE GRAVES BROKE OPEN. This too is symbolic. WERE RAISED TO LIFE. But
not until Jesus himself was raised to life. This is implied in
Colossians 1:18....
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_Jesus, when He had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the
Ghost._
SEVEN WONDERS
There were seven wonders which made the death of Christ exceedingly
remarkable.
I. Over His head was written a...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:52 SAINTS WHO HAD FALLEN ASLEEP. This
shows that the resurrection of people who died looking forward to the
Messiah depended on Christ’s actual death and resurrection, as do...
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Jesus dies on the cross Matthew 27:45-56; Mark 15:33-41; Luke
23:44-49; John 19:28-37;...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
Matthew 27:45. FROM THE SIXTH HOUR.—The first three Gospels agree as
to time and fact. Assuming them to follow the usual Jewish reckoning
(as in Acts 2:15; Acts 3:1;...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 27:1, MATTHEW 27:2
_Jesus brought to Pilate. _(Mark 15:1; Luke 2
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This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Matthew's gospel chapter
twenty-seven? In the twenty-sixth chapter we left Jesus before the
high priest, the Sanhedrin, and Peter had just outside of this grou...
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1 Corinthians 11:30; 1 Corinthians 15:20; 1 Corinthians 15:51; 1
Thessalonians 4:14;...
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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...