Matthew 27:52-54
27:52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died 1 were raised.
27:53 (They 2 came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.)
27:54 Now when the centurion 3 and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, “Truly this one was God’s Son!”
1 tn The verb κοιμάω (koimaw) literally means “sleep,” but it is often used in the Bible as a euphemism for the death of a believer.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
3 sn See the note on the word centurion in Matt 8:5.