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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And many bodies of saints who had fallen asleep were raised. And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many. Just as Lazarus, who was dead, rose again, so too many bodies of saints rose again to show the rising of the Lord (John 11). And yet, although the tombs were opened, they did not rise before the Lord rose, so that he would be the firstborn of the resurrection from the dead. …
Thomas Aquinas
"And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the holy city and appeared to many." And it should be noted that although this is stated at the death of Christ, it is nevertheless to be understood as said by anticipation, because it was done after the resurrection; because Christ is the firstborn of the dead, Apocalypse 1:5. …
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