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Matthew declares that the dead arose on the day of the crucifixion. When did they come out of their graves?
Not until after Christ’s resurrection, which did not occur until the following week. “And many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection” ([Matt. xxvii, 52, 53]).
“They were polite enough to sit in their open graves and wait for Christ to rise first.”—Ingersoll.