Matthew 27:52-53 - (Extra) The Saints and the Holy City http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/topic/1260/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:41:04 GMT Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:12:01 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/topic/1260/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Matthew 27:52-53 - (Extra) The Saints and the Holy City ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/10924/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html#reply-10924
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If the holy city is interpreted to be the earthly Jerusalem, then the spirits of some Old Testament saints whose bodies had been entombed in Jerusalem, having departed Sheol, were -- after Jesus resurrection -- allowed to briefly visit Jerusalem in forms quite similar to ghosts, and appear to many people there before proceeding on to Paradise.


So how is replacing Zombies... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (2fleas) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/10924 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:12:01 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Matthew 27:52-53 - (Extra) The Saints and the Holy City ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/10923/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html#reply-10923
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The reference to the bodies of the saints being "raised" employs the term "egerthesan," which is not as specific as "anastasis;" it's capable of a variety of meanings including "resurrection" (the NIV runs with this meaning, inserting the words "to life" in the verse) and "to be caused to visibly appear." Then, the reference to "his arising" employs... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Franciscan Monkey) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/10923 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:12:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Matthew 27:52-53 - (Extra) The Saints and the Holy City ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/10922/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html#reply-10922
Okay, how's this:

The reference to the bodies of the saints being "raised" employs the term "egerthesan," which is not as specific as "anastasis;" it's capable of a variety of meanings including "resurrection" (the NIV runs with this meaning, inserting the words "to life" in the verse) and "to be caused to visibly appear." Then, the reference to "his arising" employs the term... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Waterrock) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/10922 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:27:30 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Matthew 27:52-53 - (Extra) The Saints and the Holy City ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/10921/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html#reply-10921 feeds@yuku.com (Franciscan Monkey) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/10921 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:48:55 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Matthew 27:52-53 - (Extra) The Saints and the Holy City ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/10920/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html#reply-10920
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One might infer that egeiro is not used when referring to a resurrection, which is simply not the case. It is used dozens of times as such throughout the NT.


"egeiro" according to Strongs:

 feeds@yuku.com (Iznomneak) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/10920 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 21:43:25 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: Matthew 27:52-53 - (Extra) The Saints and the Holy City ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/reply/10919/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html#reply-10919
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The Greek word used here for were raised is not the term anastasis which is used elsewhere when the resurrection is the subject; its egerthesan.

This is a very misleading statement. One might infer that egeiro is not used when referring to a resurrection, which is simply not the case. It is used dozens of times as such... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Franciscan Monkey) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/sreply/10919 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:33:52 GMT <![CDATA[ Matthew 27:52-53 - (Extra) The Saints and the Holy City ]]> http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/topic/1260/t/Matthew-27-52-53-Extra-The-Saints-and-the-Holy-City.html
The statement that many bodies of the saints were raised is not necessarily referring to a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Waterrock) http://sabdiscussionboard.yuku.com/topic/1260 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:41:04 GMT