Saturday, April 11, 2020

The Guard at the Tomb of Jesus

Today is Holy Saturday, the Day of Silence. The quotations below from Robert Lowry are the three stanzas of his hymn "Up from the Grave He Arose" (1874).


     Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, "Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, 'After three days I will rise again.' Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, 'He is risen from the dead': so the last error shall be worse than the first."
--The Bible: Matthew 27:62-64 (King James Version)


Pilate said unto them, "Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can." So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
--The Bible: Matthew 27:65-66 (King James Version)


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