...The same places are meant by the " graves," which it is said were "opened" at the Lord's crucfixion, and "many bodies of the saints which slept arose,...after his resurrection, and went into the holy city. "I By the " graves" here are signified the same as by the " pits," spoken of in Isaiah,—that is,...

...his power was displayed in forcing the grave to release its chained captives : " and many bodies of saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves...into the holy city, and appeared unto many." Matt. 27.52,53. What ^better earnest can we have, that the strength of death is broken ? From what he has...

...prevail over him, to keep him in bondage. It appears from the history of his resurrection,* that ' many bodies of the saints which slept, arose, and came...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.' The souls of these paints were brought by him from hades, and re- united to their...

...bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were opened, and many bodies of saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake,...

...literal sense thereof, as the resurrection we read of in Matt. xxvii. 52, 53. in which it is said, that the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints, which slept, arose, and came ovt of their graves, after Christ's resurrection ; and, with a becoming modesty, he cites Augustin's...

...twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. And the graves were opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the gravps after his resurrection, and went into the \\o\\ city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion,...

...many more in. the days of Christ and his apostles. When Christ expired on the cross, the graves-were opened, 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.*, Lazarus...

...and the rocks rent, 52. And the graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints who slept arose 53. Out of the graves, after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many. 54. Now, the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, seeing the earthquake,...

...his resurrection ? The words of the evangelist are : " And the graves were opened, and many bodies of saints which slept arose and came out of the graves after his resurrection." They did not come out of their graves till after Christ's resurrection : consequently I think they...

...words are *. The graves were opeued, and many bodies of saints, which slept, arose, and came out nf the graves after his resurrection, and went into the Holy City, and appeared to many : of which peculiar way of speaking of this resurrection, the passage itself gives...