New American Standard Bible 2020

Matthew 27:51-56

51 1And beholdG2400, 2the 3veilG2665 of the templeG3485 was tornG4977 in twoG1417 from topG509 to bottomG2736; and 4the earthG1093 shookG4579 and the rocksG4073 were splitG4977. 52AlsoG2532 the tombsG3419 were openedG455, and manyG4183 bodiesG4983 of the 5saintsG40 who had 6fallenG2837 asleepG2837 were raisedG1453; 53and comingG1831 outG1831 of the tombsG3419 afterG3326 His resurrectionG1454, they enteredG1525 7the holyG40 cityG4172 and appearedG1718 to manyG4183. 54 8NowG1161 as for the centurionG1543 and thoseG3588 who were with him 9keepingG5083 guardG5083 overG5083 JesusG2424, when they sawG3708 10the earthquakeG4578 and the other things that were happeningG1096, they becameG5399 extremelyG4970 frightenedG5399 and saidG3004, “TrulyG230 thisG3778 was 11 12the SonG5207 of GodG2316!”

55 13And manyG4183 womenG1135 were thereG1563 watchingG2334 from a distanceG3113, whoG3748 had followedG190 JesusG2424 from GalileeG1056 while 14caringG1247 forG1247 Him. 56AmongG1722 them were 15MaryG3137 MagdaleneG3094, MaryG3137 the motherG3384 of JamesG2385 and JosephG2501, and 16the motherG3384 of the sonsG5207 of ZebedeeG2199.

Notes

1. Matthew 27:51 Matt 27:51-56: Mark 15:38-41; Luke 23:47-49 ↩
2. Matthew 27:51 Ex 26:31ff; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45; Heb 9:3 ↩
3. Matthew 27:51 Or curtain ↩
4. Matthew 27:51 Matt 27:54 ↩
5. Matthew 27:52 Lit holy ones; i.e., God’s people ↩
6. Matthew 27:52 Acts 7:60 ↩
7. Matthew 27:53 Matt 4:5 ↩
8. Matthew 27:54 Mark 15:39; Luke 23:47 ↩
9. Matthew 27:54 Matt 27:36 ↩
10. Matthew 27:54 Matt 27:51 ↩
11. Matthew 27:54 Or a son of God; or a son of a god ↩
12. Matthew 27:54 Matt 4:3; 27:43 ↩
13. Matthew 27:55 Mark 15:40f; Luke 23:49; John 19:25 ↩
14. Matthew 27:55 Mark 15:41; Luke 8:2, 3 ↩
15. Matthew 27:56 Matt 28:1; Mark 15:40, 47; 16:9; Luke 8:2; John 19:25; 20:1, 18 ↩
16. Matthew 27:56 Matt 20:20 ↩