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Puzzled by Matthew 27:52-53? Learn the Facts:

iris89

Active Member
Here is an article from “El Tiempo”, bo Bogota, Columbia, July 31, 1962 that explains what happened at Matthew 27:52-53.



“Tombs opened at Jesus’ Death”



The text at Matthew 27:52-53 concerning ‘the memorial tombs [that] were opened’ as the result of an earthquake occurring at the time of Jesus’ death has caused considerable discussion, some holding that a resurrection occurred. However, a comparison with the text concerning the resurrection makes clear that these verses do not describe a resurrection but merely a throwing of bodies out of the tombs, similar to incidents that have taken place in more recent times, as in Ecuador in 1949 and again in Bogota, Columbia, in 1962, when 200 corpses in the cemetery were thrown out of their tombs by a violent earth tremor. [source – “El Tiempo,” Bogota Columbia, July 31, 1962]

Your Friend in Christ Iris89
 

keevelish

Member
uh yeah, did the article mean to tell us something?

Christ still did resurrect. The Bible tells us so, not a bunch of people in Bogota.:)
 
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