...for this night was the text which relates, with other miracles which happened at our Saviour's death, "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many." Mrs. Hall...

...murders. When he expired, " Behold ! the vail of the temple was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; and the graves were opened, and many bodies of saints, which slept, arose, and came out of their graves, after his resurrection, and went into...

...shall they arise;" which was fulfilled at the time of Christ's resurrection,! when " the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints, which slept, arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection." Though these words may be rendered either thus, " As my dead body...

...yielded up the ghost. And behold, the vail of the temple was rent, in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; and...of the saints which slept, arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the...

...up the ghost. Jlrul, 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 ; and the graves were opened } and many bodies of saints which slept, arose, and came out of the grates after his resurrection, and went into the...

...signalized, and the divinity of his mission confirmed, the Evangelist narrates that " the graves were opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept* arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many." It is, however,...

...when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, . . . the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many" (Matt. 27:50-53)....

...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 which slept arose, 53. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared...

...Matthew 27.5 1b the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; Resurrection of Jerusalem Saints Matthew 27. 52. And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53. And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared...

...register the resurrection of the saints, which, according to St Matthew, followed the Crucifixion - 'and the graves were opened and many bodies of the saints which slept arose'. The Crucifixion, which had been rare in Early Christian art, dominates this panel and others...