Curious about this verse.

“The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life]; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.”
‭‭MATTHEW‬ ‭27:52-53‬ ‭AMP‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1588/mat.27.52-53.amp.

My question is, how come the saints were raised as well with Jesus? Is that to show when Jesus comes back again, he will raise the saints?

Thank you all for helping me understand

The word firstfruits.....as with any harvest of a garden or field you have a few crops that ripen early....this is the principle found within this idea....

Jesus is called the firstfruits, so are the 144,000 BOYS in Revelation and as evidenced by the scriptures there were some that were raised with Christ as the firstfruits of the "harvest" if you will..........

Oh ok! Thank you! So much

It was prophecy correct?’

Do a word study on firstfruits both from the O.T. and N.T........it will really open up some good truths for you

the raising of the dead is. put that together with what Dcon is talking about, firstfruits, and yes, what you said in OP, about being a precursor / foreshadow of the resurrection of all, either to life or to judgement, YES

“The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life]; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.”
‭‭MATTHEW‬ ‭27:52-53‬ ‭AMP‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1588/mat.27.52-53.amp.

My question is, how come the saints were raised as well with Jesus? Is that to show when Jesus comes back again, he will raise the saints?

Thank you all for helping me understand

Yes, the dead saints who slept in Christ (died believing/trusting in Him) and rose then, are pledges of the future resurrection and also to show the power of Christ's own Resurrection, and to fulfill the prophesy in Isaiah 26:19.

Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

“The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God’s people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life]; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.”
‭‭MATTHEW‬ ‭27:52-53‬ ‭AMP‬‬
https://www.bible.com/1588/mat.27.52-53.amp.

My question is, how come the saints were raised as well with Jesus? Is that to show when Jesus comes back again, he will raise the saints?

Thank you all for helping me understand

Wow! Thank you! I need to read and study more. I sometimes don’t realize the verses I have read, have to do with things that happened later. Was it also to show people, that everything he was saying was true?

Hello TrustingGod4life,

The 7 Feasts of the Lord (see Lev 23). Form the foundations of all Prophecy. And the foundation upon which ALL Scripture is built.

1)Passover, 2)Unleavened Bread, 3)Firstfruits, 4)Pentesost, 5)Rosh Hashanah/Trumpets 6)Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement 7)Tabernacles

Three of these were harvest Feasts/festivals. Passover, Pentecost & Tabernacles. Every male Jew of age was required to travel (Pilgrimage) to Jerusalem & bring a gift for each of these 3 Feasts/festivals.

The 1st Pilgrimage feast was Passover: Lev 23:5 Passover began at twilight on the 14th day of Nisan. Then on Nisan 15, the Feast of Unleavened Bread began & continued for 7 days Lev 23:6. The 2nd day of Unleavened Bread is called firstfruits.

Lev 23:10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
(NOTE: The Priest was to lift upward/wave the barley sheaf blossoms & dedicate the harvest unto the Lord. This wave offering consecrated the entire coming field of the coming harvest)

11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.
(NOTE: Nisan 15 is a High Sabbath, meaning no matter what day Nisan 15 (1st day of Unleavened Bread) fell on, it was treated as a regular Sabbath. Therefore Nisan 14 (Passover day) was always a day of Sabbath preperation. So, the reference to Sabbath in verse 11 is to the 1st day of Unleavened Bread. Verse 11 say's the day after Nisan 15 the firstfruit wave offering is made.

Firstfruits (Nisan 16) begins the 50 day (omer) count to Pentecost, the largest harvest (wheat) & 2nd mantory Pilgrimage Feast. Two loaves (WITH LEAVEN Lev 23:17) are raised before the Lord at Pentecost. These represent both Old & New Testament assemblies. Both ages were full of leaven, that is, sinful people (Eph 2:12-16). God accepts them & us because of FAITH placed in the Sacrificial Sin Atonement of Messiah/Jesus the Christ. That cleanses us and removes ALL sin (1 Jn 1:7, Rev 1:5). And most importantly the 1st Pentecost post resurrection is where the Holy Spirit is given & 3000 souls are harvested.

1 Corinthians 15:
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

23 (B) Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
(NOTE: Jesus is the Firstfuits & His sinless sacrifise consecrated the entire coming resurrection of every person that has ever lived. What you see in Matt 27:52&53 Jesus lifting up to the Father a firstfuits offering from the grave.)

Tabernacles: The 3rd mantory pilgrimage Feast, grape & olive harvest, concluded the agricultural harvest year. So, we had barley & wheat = Grain: Jesus is the Bread sent down from Heaven. Grapes/Wine = His blood given on the altar to atoned for our sin. Oil = His Holy Spirit to enable us to live for Him. We have reaped a harvest of blessing through repenting of our sin, putting our faith in the sacrificial death (sins wage paid) burial (proof he dies) & resurrection (Gos receipt, payment received & accepted) thru our faith in Messiah/Jesus the Christ God imputes/exchanging/transfers our sin onto Christ & His Righteousness onto us. What a merciful, graceful, loving, mighty God we serve.

We should ourselves study & test all. This reply is MOO! My Opinion Only

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

and again.......

John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

but,.......

Christ came to do the will of the Father and to establish the New Covenant.

John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Psalm 40:6-10
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

Hebrews 10:8-17
Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; 9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. 10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; 13From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

16This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

17And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

John 5:39
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

My question is, how come the saints were raised as well with Jesus? Is that to show when Jesus comes back again, he will raise the saints?

Perhaps. But these were just a few of the saints. The general resurrection of the saints is in the future.

I believe that this was a sign to show us that Jesus really resurrected