ἕως τ. τρίτης ἡμέρας : the definite specification of time here and in Matthew 27:63 may have been imported into the story in the course of the tradition. ἡ ἐσχάτη πλάνη, the last delusion = faith in the resurrection, belief in the Messiahship of Jesus being the first. χείρων, worse, not so much in character as in consequences, more serious.

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Old Testament