Matthew 27:60

27:60 and placed it ¹  in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. ²  Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance ³  of the tomb and went away.

Matthew 27:52

27:52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died ⁴  were raised.

Matthew 28:8

28:8 So ⁵  they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

Matthew 23:29

23:29 “Woe to you, experts in the law ⁶  and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You ⁷  build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves ⁸  of the righteous.

Matthew 27:53

27:53 (They ⁹  came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)

Matthew 8:28

Healing the Gadarene Demoniacs

8:28 When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, ¹⁰  two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way.

¹ tc ‡ αὐτό (auto, “it”) is found after ἔθηκεν (eqhken, “placed”) in the majority of witnesses, including many important ones, though it seems to be motivated by a need for clarification and cannot therefore easily explain the rise of the shorter reading (which is read by א L Θ Ë¹³ 33 892 pc). Regardless of which reading is original (though with a slight preference for the shorter reading), English style requires the pronoun. NA²⁷ includes αὐτό here, no doubt due to the overwhelming external attestation.

² tn That is, cut or carved into an outcropping of natural rock, resulting in a cave-like structure (see L&N 19.25).

³ tn Or “to the door,” “against the door.”

⁴ tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s instructions to tell the disciples.

¹⁰ tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

¹¹ tn Grk “Because you.” Here ὅτι (Joti) has not been translated.

¹² tn Or perhaps “the monuments” (see L&N 7.75-76).

¹³ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

¹⁶ tc The textual tradition here is quite complicated. A number of mss (B C [Δ] Θ al sy^s,p,h) read “Gadarenes,” which is the better reading here. Many other mss (א² L W Ë^1,13 Ï [sy^hmg] bo) have “Gergesenes.” Others (892^c latt sy^hmg sa mae) have “Gerasenes,” which is the reading followed in Luke 8:26. The difference between Matthew and Luke may be due to uses of variant regional terms.