What does Matthew 27:50 mean?

Matthew 27:50 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Matthew 27:50 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

48And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.

49The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.

50Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

51And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;

52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

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