They left the graves. Matthew states it this way to show that it was not Jesus who raised them from death; but that as Jesus came out of the grave, they also left their graves and went into Jerusalem. [We are not told whether they returned to their graves at a later time. Some think they ascended with Jesus, but we are not told this] Where many people saw them. Perhaps three million people crowded Jerusalem at this time (see note on Matthew 26:5). The crucifixion of Jesus and the "signs" which followed were seen by the whole Jewish people who were assembled here. THIS WAS GOD'S ACT IN HISTORY!

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