In my daily prayer time early today (3/25/2026) I was reading Matthew chapter 27 and verses 52-53 stood out to me. Enough so that I then read them in 3 other bibles. I do enjoy when Holy Spirit takes me on scripture seeking adventures. They all read the same in a few different words or so but how fascinating it must have been to be the dead saints walking the streets again when Jesus was resurrected and for those still living to see this before their very eyes. Try to even for a second imagine someone that you loved or knew and had been buried for years in some cases and possibly recently buried as a believer now seen walking the very streets you walked possibly the day before or even continued to walk on after this took place. Does this fascinate you by any chance. Does it cause you to want to give up your old sin sick life/lifestyle and become born again and walk with Jesus in your life? Just wondering. I also found my witnessing card to lead others to Jesus and on the flip side the scripture verses as help being a new Christian. Let me share if I may ...
The current bible I read often states the verses as: "The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many holy people who had died came back to life. They came out of the tombs after he had come back to life, and they went into the Holy City where they appeared to many people."
Next was New King James Version: "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many."
Next was the King James Version: "And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many."
Finally, I then read the verses in the New American Bible St. Joseph Medium Size Edition (Catholic bible): "Tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised. And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection, they entered the holy city and appeared to many."
Something to ponder on today, do you agree. It will be in a few days the 50th anniversary of my one brother being lost at sea in a boating accident and I used to have hope that 1 day he would knock on my door and say he was found and lived on an island somewhere with amnesia and then recovered his memory and sought out his family. If I had the faith to believe that as a sibling many years ago, how much more do I have faith in Jesus in my life that when He comes again to claim His people and the dead in Christ shall rise to meet Him in the sky and the saints still alive will then join them. That is far greater hope for me in Jesus then wishing years ago that my brother would have knocked on my door to say he returned. This writing is a writing of hope for you and possibly an invitation to turn your heart over to Jesus so one day you will be in heaven with Him for all eternity along with the saints that went before you. A time of gleeful celebration when all the saints will be reunited in heaven singing praise to God Almighty. What a glorious hope to partake in. It is not me or my words saying that but go on scripture verse adventures yourself with Holy Spirit and read it for yourself. Glorious times in which we live in right now, truly are.
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