Matthew 27:52 by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jul 1, 1897

By Editor

No. 593. Matt. 27:52.

GIVE us some light on Matt. 27:52. Did the bodies of those "saints" spoken of rise at the time of the resurrection of Christ? J. D. P.

Why not? Is not that what the Word says? When he was crucified "the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened." This, at the death of Jesus. "And many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of their graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many." When Jesus ascended up on high, he led this multitude of captives, freed from the grasp of Satan, sin, and death, as trophies and pledges of his finished work for man while here on earth. See Eph. 4:8, margin.