I read Matthew again last year and I noticed something that I'd never seen before. This account is not in the other 3 gospels.
Matthew 27:
52, And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53, And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
After thinking on it, and bringing it up in bible study, and talking to several of my respected friends about it, I'm still just as stumped.
One person said they thought it was spirits that arose, and not the physical bodies. I disagree with that.
Did these people continue to live their lives and then die again at a ripe old age? Did they go back to the grave shortly after appearing in the city? Did the people in the town there that wanted Jesus dead, martyr these risen people to keep them from spreading the news?
Wondering what everyone else thinks.