52 And 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 went into the holy city and appeared to many.

54 Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, when they[a] saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:54 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal