nd in the
garden a new tomb wherein was never man yet laid. There then because
of the Jews' Preparation (for the tomb was nigh at hand), they laid
Jesus; and rolled a stone against the door of the tomb.

And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus beheld the tomb, and
how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and
ointments.

SATURDAY--THE DAY OF SILENCE AND SORROW

THE WATCH AT THE TOMB.

Now on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief
priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, saying,
"Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive,
'After three days I rise again.' Command therefore that the sepulchre
be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and
steal him away, and say unto the people, 'He is risen from the dead,'
and the last error will be worse than the first."

Pilate said unto them, "Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye
can."

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the
guard being with them.

=HIS RESURRECTION=

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SUNDAY--THE DAY OF RESURRECTION

THE EARTHQUAKE.

And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat
upon it. His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment white as
snow: and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead
men.

THE EMPTY TOMB.

Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it
was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the
tomb. She runneth therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the
other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, "They have taken
away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid
him."

Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went
toward the tomb. And they ran both together: and the other disciple
outran Peter, and came first to the tomb; and stooping and looking in,
he seeth the linen cloths lying; yet entered he not in.

Simon Peter therefore also cometh, following him, and entered into the
tomb; and he beholdeth the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, that
was upon his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a
place by itself. Then entered in therefore the other disciple also,
who came first to the tomb, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they
knew not t