Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and the stones did rent, and graves did open, and the bodies of many saints which slept, arose:
New American Standard Bible
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the
King James Version
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Holman Bible
The tombs were also opened
International Standard Version
tombs were opened, and many saints who had died were brought back to life.
A Conservative Version
and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the sanctified who have been asleep arose.
American Standard Version
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;
Amplified
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life];
An Understandable Version
Graves opened up and the bodies of many dead saints [i.e., God's holy people] were raised up [from the dead].
Anderson New Testament
and the sepulchers were opened, and many bodies of the saints that slept, arose.
Bible in Basic English
And the resting-places of the dead came open; and the bodies of a number of sleeping saints came to life;
Common New Testament
the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
Daniel Mace New Testament
the graves opened, and the bodies of many saints who slept arose,
Darby Translation
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints fallen asleep arose,
Godbey New Testament
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the sleeping saints arose;
Goodspeed New Testament
the tombs opened, and many of the saints who had fallen asleep rose
John Wesley New Testament
and many bodies of holy men that slept were raised.
Julia Smith Translation
And the tombs were opened: and many bodies of the holy ones, having been set to sleep, were raised,
King James 2000
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints that slept arose,
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
Modern King James verseion
and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep arose,
Moffatt New Testament
the tombs were opened, and a number of bodies of the saints who slept the sleep of death rose up ??53 they left the tombs after his resurrection and entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.
Montgomery New Testament
the earth quaked; the rocks split; the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
NET Bible
And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
New Heart English Bible
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
Noyes New Testament
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of holy men that slept, arose,
Sawyer New Testament
and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of saints that slept arose,
The Emphasized Bible
and, the tombs, were opened and, many bodies of the holy ones who had fallen asleep, arose, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and the sepulchres were opened; and many bodies of saints, who slept, arose;
Twentieth Century New Testament
the tombs opened, and the bodies of many of God's People who had fallen asleep rose,
Webster
And the graves were opened, and many bodies of saints who slept, arose,
Weymouth New Testament
the tombs opened; and many of God's people who were asleep in death awoke.
Williams New Testament
the tombs were opened, and many bodies of saints then sleeping in death rose
World English Bible
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
Worrell New Testament
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
Worsley New Testament
and the graves opened, and many bodies of departed saints arose,
Youngs Literal Translation
and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,
Themes
Body » Resurrection of » Saints at the time of the crucifixion
death » Scenes of » Death of jesus
The death of Christ » Accompanied by preternatural signs
Jesus Christ » History of » Crucified (just outside jerusalem)
Resurrection » Examples of » Saints at the time of the crucifixion
Resurrections » Resurrections, examples of » Saints at the time of the crucifixion
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 27:52
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Dies On The Cross
51 And behold, the veil of the temple did rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, 52 and the stones did rent, and graves did open, and the bodies of many saints which slept, arose: 53 and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and came into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:20
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and is become the first fruits of them that slept.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again: even so them also which sleep by Jesus, will God bring again with him.
Isaiah 25:8
As for death, he shall utterly consume it. The LORD God shall wipe away the tears from all faces, and take away the rebuke of his people through the whole world. For the LORD himself hath said it.
Isaiah 26:19
But as for thy dead men and ours, that be departed, they are in life and resurrection. They lie in the earth, they wake, and have joy: for thy dew is a dew of life and light. But the place of the malicious Tyrants is fallen away.
Daniel 12:2
Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to perpetual shame and reproof.
Hosea 13:14
had not I defended him from the grave, and delivered him from death. O death, I will be thy death: O hell, I will be thy sting.
John 5:25-29
Verily, verily I say unto you, the time shall come, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the son of God. And they that hear, shall live.
Acts 7:60
And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. For they know not what they do." And when he had thus spoken he fell asleep.
1 Corinthians 11:30
For this cause many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
1 Corinthians 15:51
Behold, I show a mystery unto you: we shall not all sleep: but we shall all be changed,
1 Thessalonians 5:10
which died for us: that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.