nd gave him to drink, saying, "Let alone; let us see
whether Elias will come to take him down."

And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. And the veil
of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. And when
the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out,
and gave up the ghost, he said:

"Truly this man was the Son of God."

There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and
Salome; (who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered
unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem.

And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that
is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable
counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in
boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled
if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked
him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the
centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. And he bought fine linen, and
took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a
sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the
door of the sepulchre.

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was
laid.

CHAPTER XVI

JESUS OF NAZARETH RISES FROM THE DEAD

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and
anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week,
they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. And they said
among themselves:

"Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?"

And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it
was very great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man
sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they
were affrighted. And he saith unto them:

"Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he
is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go
your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into
Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you."

And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they
trembled and were amazed: neither said they anything to any man;