Context 27:52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died1 were raised.
27:53 (They2 came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)
[27:52]1tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.
[27:53]2tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.