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Matthew 27:52 is the fifty-second verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse describes some of the events that occurred upon death of Jesus, particularly the report that tombs broke open and the saints inside were resurrected.
The New Testament writings contend that the resurrection was "the beginning of His exalted life" [188] [note 19] as Christ and Lord. [ 190 ] [ web 2 ] Jesus is the " firstborn of the dead", prōtotokos , the first to be raised from the dead, thereby acquiring the "special status of the firstborn as the preeminent son and heir".
The Baháʼís believe that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Second Coming of Jesus, as well as the prophecies of the 5th Buddha Maitreya and many other religious prophecies, were begun by the Báb in 1844 and then by Bahá'u'lláh. They commonly compare the fulfillment of Christian prophecies to Jesus' fulfillment of Jewish prophecies ...
The New Testament claims that the Pharisees believed in the resurrection, but does not specify whether this included the flesh or not. [48] According to Josephus, who himself was a Pharisee, the Pharisees held that only the soul was immortal and the souls of good people will "pass into other bodies," while "the souls of the wicked will suffer ...
Matthew 27:53 is the fifty-third verse of the twenty-seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. This verse describes some of the events that occurred upon the death of Jesus. The previous verse mentioned that tombs broke open and the saints inside were resurrected. In this verse, the saints descend upon the Holy City.
"Gospels" is the standard term for the four New Testament books carrying the names of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, each recounting the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (including his dealings with John the Baptist, his trial and execution, the discovery of his empty tomb, and, at least in three of them, his appearances to his disciples after his death).
Other New Testament writings also imply resurrection and exaltation as a single event. [ 8 ] Various epistles ( Romans 8:34 , Ephesians 1:19–20 , Colossians 3:1 , Philippians 2:9–11 , 1 Timothy 3:16 , and 1 Peter 3:21–22 ) refer to an ascension without specifying details, seeming, like Luke–Acts and John , to equate it with the post ...
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