Matthew 27:52

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;

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 hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
John 5:25-29 : 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, 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, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself: 27 and he gave him authority to execute judgment, {G2532} because he is a son of man. 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs 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 judgment.
Isa 26:19 : 19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust; for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep 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 hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.
Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is 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 tell you a mystery: We all {G3303} shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

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