Good News Bible Anglicised

Matthew 27:52-56 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

52. the graves broke open, and many of God's people who had died were raised to life.

53. They left the graves, and after Jesus rose from death, they went into the Holy City, where many people saw them.

54. When the army officer and the soldiers with him who were watching Jesus saw the earthquake and everything else that happened, they were terrified and said, “He really was the Son of God!”

55. There were many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee and helped him.

56. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the wife of Zebedee.