Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 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; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the... The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 451by James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 560 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Ussher - 1625 - 642 pages
...reference unto that part of the history of the gospel, wherein it is recorded that " The graves were opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many' ;" upon which place St. Hilary writeth thus, " Enlightening* the darkness of death,... | |
| John Flavel - 1671 - 576 pages
...had slept in their graves till then, and were awakened and raised to attend the Lord at his rising. " And the graves were opened ; and many bodies of the...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many." Matt. 27 : 52, 53. This wonder was designed, both to adorn the resurrection of... | |
| Thomas Thirlwall - 1803 - 324 pages
...temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened ; and many bodies of the...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now , i a Vinegar had been for many ages the common drink of the lower people of... | |
| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 380 pages
...mentioned by heathen authors as. having, in the reign of Tiberius, destroyed twelve cities in Asia . *. " And the graves were opened, and many bodies of the...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many." Who the holy persons were which then arose from their graves must be matter of... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...free debate; and that the subject for this, night was, the text which relates, with other miracles which happened at our SAVIOUR'S death, " And the graves...go to such a place to hear it, — one would not be seen in such a place — to give countenance to such a meeting." I, however, resolved that I would... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 238 pages
...debate; and that the subject for that night was the text wnich relates, •with other miracles, that which happened at our SAVIOUR'S death, ' And the graves...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.'—Mrs. Hall observed, that it was a very carious subject, and she should like... | |
| Church of England, Richard Mant - 1807 - 388 pages
...temple' was rent in twain from the top to the bottom — the earth did quake — and the rocks rent. And the graves were opened,. and many bodies of the...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Nor among other testimonies of the awful grandeur of this great event, should that... | |
| John Watkins - 1809 - 454 pages
...the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And the earth did quake, and theTocks rent; And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, saw the earthquake,... | |
| Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...the Holy of Holies, that is, the kingdom of Heaven, is bid open, not to the high priest only, bnt' and the graves were opened ; and many bodies of the...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him watching Jesus, saw the earthquake,... | |
| Wesleyan Methodists services - 1817 - 278 pages
...the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves were opened, and many bodies of the...his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake,... | |
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