Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Translate as Greek, "After the three days and an half."
the Spirit of life--the same which breathed life into Israel's dry bones, Ezekiel 37:10-11 (see on Ezekiel 37:10-11), "Breath came into them." The passage here, as there, is closely connected with Israel's restoration as a nation to political and religious life. Compare also concerning the same, Hosea 6:2, where Ephraim says, "After two days will He revive us; in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight."
into--so B and Vulgate. But A reads (Greek, "en autois"), "(so as to be) IN them."
stood upon their feet--the very words in Ezekiel 37:10, which proves the allusion to be to Israel's resurrection, in contrast to "the times of the Gentiles" wherein these "tread under foot the holy city."
great fear--such as fell on the soldiers guarding Christ's tomb at His resurrection (Matthew 28:4), when also there was a great earthquake (Revelation 11:2).
saw--Greek, "beheld."
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Daniel 12:7
Malachi 4:5
2 Thessalonians 2:4
2 Thessalonians 2:6
2 Timothy 3:9
Revelation 10:9
Revelation 11:14
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