Matthew 27:52

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ τὰ μνημεῖα ἀνεῴχθησαν· καὶ πολλὰ σώματα τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἁγίων ἠγέρθη,

Transliteration

And the mnēmeia aneōchthēsan; and many sōmata of the kekoimēmenōn hagiōn ēgerthē,

Grammar Details

*mnēmeia*: nominative, neuter, plural - tombs/graves
*aneōchthēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - were opened
*sōmata*: nominative, neuter, plural - bodies
*kekoimēmenōn*: perfect middle/passive participle, genitive, plural - having fallen asleep/dead
*hagiōn*: genitive, masculine, plural - holy ones/saints
*ēgerthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular - was raised/was awakened

Word Meanings

*mnēmeia*: tombs/graves/memorial monuments
*kekoimēmenōn*: having fallen asleep/having died (euphemism for death)
*hagiōn*: holy ones/saints/consecrated ones
*ēgerthē*: was raised/was awakened/was resurrected

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Referenced Verses

Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
1 Cor 15:20 : 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
John 5:25-29 : 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you , The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1 Thess 5:10 : 10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Isa 25:8 : 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Acts 7:60 : 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
1 Cor 15:51 : 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

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