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Matthew 27:52
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KJ21
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who slept arose,
ASV
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;
AMP
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life];
AMPC
The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep in death were raised [to life];
BRG
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
CSB
The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
CSBA
The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
CEB
and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised.
CJB
Also the graves were opened, and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life;
CEV
Graves opened, and many of God's people were raised to life.
DARBY
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints fallen asleep arose,
DLNT
And the tombs were opened. And many bodies of the saints having fallen-asleep were raised.
DRA
And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose,
ERV
The graves opened, and many of God’s people who had died were raised from death.
EASY
Places in the ground where people had buried dead bodies opened up. Many of God's people who had died now became alive again.
EHV
Tombs were opened, and many bodies of saints who had fallen asleep were raised to life.
ESV
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
ESVUK
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
EXB
The graves opened, and many [L of the bodies] of ·God’s people [the saints] who had ·died [L fallen asleep] were raised from the dead.
GNV
And the graves did open themselves, and many bodies of the Saints, which slept, arose,
GW
The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many holy people who had died came back to life.
GNT
the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life.
HCSB
The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
ICB
The graves opened, and many of God’s people who had died were raised from death.
ISV
tombs were opened, and many saints who had died were brought back to life.
PHILLIPS
And the sanctuary curtain in the Temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The ground shook, rocks split and graves were opened. (A number of bodies of holy men who were asleep in death rose again. They left their graves after Jesus’ resurrection and entered the holy city and appeared to many people.)
JUB
and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who slept arose
KJV
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
AKJV
and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
LSB
And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
LEB
And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
TLB
and tombs opened, and many godly men and women who had died came back to life again.
MSG
At that moment, the Temple curtain was ripped in two, top to bottom. There was an earthquake, and rocks were split in pieces. What’s more, tombs were opened up, and many bodies of believers asleep in their graves were raised. (After Jesus’ resurrection, they left the tombs, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.)
MEV
The graves also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had died were raised,
MOUNCE
· the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
NOG
The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many holy people who had died came back to life.
NABRE
tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
NASB
Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
NASB1995
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
NCB
The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
NCV
The graves opened, and many of God’s people who had died were raised from the dead.
NET
And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
NIRV
Tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
NIV
and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
NIVUK
and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
NKJV
and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
NLV
Graves were opened. Bodies of many of God’s people who were dead were raised.
NLT
and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.
NMB
And graves opened, and the bodies of many saints who slept arose,
NRSVA
The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
NRSVACE
The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
NRSVCE
The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
NRSVUE
The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
NTFE
and the tombs burst open. Many bodies of the sleeping holy ones were raised.
OJB
And the kevarim (graves) were opened, and many gufot (bodies) of the kadoshim who had fallen asleep were made to stand up alive.
RGT
And the graves opened themselves. And many bodies of the saints, who slept, arose,
RSV
the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
RSVCE
the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
TLV
And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the kedoshim who were sleeping were raised to life.
VOICE
tombs burst open, and bodies of many sleeping holy women and men were raised up.
WEB
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
WE
The graves opened. Many of God's people who had died rose from death.
WYC
and burials were opened, and many bodies of saints that had slept, rose up.
YLT
and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,
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