Jesus' resurrection

In the evening, there is a rich man, whose name was Joseph, of Arimathea came from, he is a honorable counselor, secretly made a disciple of Jesus. He boldly unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Pilate for Jesus had died very surprised, because usually a person is crucified always be subject to two or three days of torture to die, he got the centurion asked that after the truth, put the corpse of Jesus gift to Joseph.

Day, who had Nicodemus Interview Jesus came, he took myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds. And he bought fine linen. They took him down from the cross, burial in accordance with Jewish custom, with the spices and wrapped in linen and, placed in Joseph carved from rock in the new sepulcher ------- Jesus was nailed to the place from the place is not far. They roll to a stone, blocking the tomb. Mary Magdalene totter mother of Jesus, and several other women standing next to the grave together.

The next day is the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together unto Pilate, saying: "Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, when the resurrected Jesus' three days later, I want to resurrection ', so make orders for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. We are afraid of his disciples to steal him away, and then tell the people who say that Jesus rose from the dead. If so, then later more powerful than the previous confusion. '

Dora He said: 'You have a guard of soldiers go to school! You can do properly guarded. "
They took the guard of soldiers went together, seal the stone, the tomb guard up.
Sabbath, the first day of the week, when the dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other two women had prepared with spices look grave. They did not go there, all of a sudden the earth shook violently, the angel of the Lord descending from the sky down on the stone tomb of boiling, then sat on the edge. That face of an angel like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were shook with random chatter, some slumped on the ground, and became as dead men.
Jesus' resurrection.

Jesus' resurrection.
Three women came to the present, see the lid open, sitting on top of an angel, very afraid. The angel said to the women: 'Do not be afraid, I know that you are looking for those who have been crucified Jesus. He is not here. As he says, has been revived. You take a look at the place where, go tell her disciple, or he is risen, and before you go to Galilee, and there shall ye see him. "

The women listened, fear and joy, and hurried away from the tomb, ran to his disciples.
Their words, the disciples did not believe, that is nonsense. Peter also specifically went to the tomb, entered, and look down, only to see the linen piled up in one place, but missing the main body, on the back, was a strange thing happened.

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