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## Matthew 27:52-56 in Context (Verses 49–59 KJV)
 
 [49 ](/kjv/matthew/27/49) The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
 
 [50 ](/kjv/matthew/27/50) ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
 
 [51 ](/kjv/matthew/27/51) And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
 
 [52 ](/kjv/matthew/27/52) And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
 
 [53 ](/kjv/matthew/27/53) And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
 
 [54 ](/kjv/matthew/27/54) Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
 
 [55 ](/kjv/matthew/27/55) And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
 
 [56 ](/kjv/matthew/27/56) Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
 
 [57 ](/kjv/matthew/27/57) When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple:
 
 [58 ](/kjv/matthew/27/58) He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
 
 [59 ](/kjv/matthew/27/59) And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
 
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