Ezekiel stands in a valley of bones and prophesies. There’s a great noise, and a rattling of bones (called a seismos by the LXX, an “earthquake”). Soon an army is before him, but without breath ( pneuma ). So Ezekiel prophesies again and the wind ( pneuma ) stirs up until they come to life and have breath in them (37:8-10). So, Yahweh says, He will “open your graves” ( anoigo humon ta mnemata ) and cause Israel and Judah to emerge from exile (37:12).
Jesus is on the cross, on a mountain that is a “place of the skull.” He cries out in a loud voice, and gives up His Spirit ( pneuma ). There is an earthquake ( he ge eseisthe ) and graves open ( ta mnemeia aneoxthesan ) so that the dead can climb out and visit the holy city. Thus are Israel and Judah again called from exile.
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