John Trapp on Matthew 27:52

Verse 52. And the graves were opened] To shew that death was now swallowed up in victory by life essentiall: like as the fire swallows up the fuell, and as Moses his serpent swallowed up the enchanted serpents. And many bodies of the Saints] To shew that the [illegible: 1 word], strings of death, which before bound them in their [illegible: 1 word], were now broken, and they enlarged to attend our Saviours resurrection.