Passage

Matthew 27.52-53

Book: Matthew · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"50. And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. 51. And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;"

"52. and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised; 53. and coming forth out of the tombs after his resurrection they entered into the holy city and appeared unto many."

"54. Now the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55. And many women were there beholding from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:" (Matthew 27:50-55, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"50. Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. 51. Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split."

"52. The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53. and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many."

"54. Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.” 55. Many women were there watching from afar, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, serving him." (Matthew 27:50-55, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"50. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51. And, 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;"

"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 unto many."

"54. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. 55. And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:" (Matthew 27:50-55, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"50. And Jesus having again cried with a great voice, yielded the spirit; 51. and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent,"

"52. and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose, 53. and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many."

"54. And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, 'Truly this was God's Son.' 55. And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him," (Matthew 27:50-55, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Norman Geisler

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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