Matthew 27:52 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose,
English ASV
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints that had fallen asleep were raised;
English Amplified
The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep in death were raised [to life];
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep in death were raised [to life];
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
The tombs were also opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
and the tombs were opened; and many bodies of the saints fallen asleep arose,
English EASY 2024
Places in the ground where people had buried dead bodies opened up. Many of God's people who had died now became alive again.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
The graves opened, and many of God's people who had died were raised from death.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
English GNT (Good News Translation)
the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life.
English God's Word - GW 1995
The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many holy people who had died came back to life.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
The tombs also were opened and many bodies of the saints who had gone to their rest were raised.
English KJV 1611
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
English LSB
And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
The graves also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had died were raised,
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
English NIV
The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.
English NKJ 1982
and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
English NLT
and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
and graves were opened. Then many of the holy ones who had died were brought back to life and came out of their graves.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised,
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
and tombs opened, and many godly men and women who had died came back to life again.
English Tyndale 1537
and the stones did rent, and graves did open, and the bodies of many saints which slept, arose: