The True Story of Jesus — Page 60
as 60 of the earth alive. Therefore, the chief priest and the Pharisees went again to Pilate and said to him, ‘Your Excellency, we recall how that impostor said, that he would rise again after three days. Will you give orders for the sepulchre to be guarded until the third day?’1 ‘Take a guard’, Pilate told them, ‘go and make the tomb as secure as you can. ’ So they went and made the sepulchre secure by sealing the stone and leaving the guard on watch. 2 Jesus as Escapes and Meets his Disciples In spite of the watch and despite the sealing of the tomb, Jesus as left the sepulchre before the third day had dawned. As related in the Gospel of Matthew, there seemed to be another violent earth- quake which might have rolled the stone away. ‘The guards were so afraid that they trembled and became like dead men. ’3 Very early on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James, and Salome went to the tomb when the sun had risen. They said to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?’ Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; it was very large. 4 Entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side dressed in a white robe and they were amazed. He told them, 1. Matthew 27:63–64 2. Matthew 27:65–66 3. Matthew 28:4 4. Mark 16:2–4