027:062 On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests
and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate.
027:063 "Sir," they said, "we recollect that during his lifetime
that impostor pretended that after two days he was to rise
to life again.
027:064 So give orders for the sepulchre to be securely guarded till
the third day, for fear his disciples should come by night
and steal the body, and then tell the people that he has come
back to life; and so the last imposture will be more serious
than the first."
027:065 "You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe,
as best you can."
027:066 So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone
besides setting the guard.
028:001 After the Sabbath, in the early dawn of the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to see the sepulchre.
028:002 But to their amazement there had been a great earthquake;
for an angel of the Lord had descended from Heaven, and had
come and rolled back the stone, and was sitting upon it.
028:003 His appearance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow.
028:004 For fear of him the guards trembled violently, and became
like dead men.
028:005 But the angel said to the women, "As for you, dismiss your fears.
I know that it is Jesus that you are looking for--
the crucified One.
028:006 He is not here: He has come back to life, as He foretold.
Come and see the place where He lay.
028:007 And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen
from the dead and is going before you into Galilee:
there you shall see Him. Remember, I have told you."