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1670.—A Special Resurrection. Matt. 27:52, 53

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · May 24, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 21.

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1670.—A Special Resurrection. Matt. 27:52, 53.

Will you please explain Matt. 27:52, 53 in the "Question Corner," and oblige. E. E. A.
The time and the event is the crucifixion of Jesus. Then the graves were opened, but the last part of verse 52 should be read with the next verse: "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." These were the trophies of Christ's triumph over death, the multitude of captives which went with Him when He ascended up on high (Eph. 4:8, margin), the redeemed ones of whom came the four and twenty elders around the throne (Rev. 4:4).