. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . of the world and neverhas been seen since that day. There was a great earthquake, shaking the groundaround the tomb, as an angel from heaven came face and his form shone with dazzling brightnesslike lightning, and his clothing was white as snow glit-tering in the sun. The soldiers on guard trembled asthey saw the angel, and fell down on the ground as ifthey were dead; and after a little while rising up, creptaway in their fear, and left the garden. The bright angel laid his hand on the stone at thedoor of the tomb, paying no attention to
. Hurlbut's Life of Christ for young and old . of the world and neverhas been seen since that day. There was a great earthquake, shaking the groundaround the tomb, as an angel from heaven came face and his form shone with dazzling brightnesslike lightning, and his clothing was white as snow glit-tering in the sun. The soldiers on guard trembled asthey saw the angel, and fell down on the ground as ifthey were dead; and after a little while rising up, creptaway in their fear, and left the garden. The bright angel laid his hand on the stone at thedoor of the tomb, paying no attention to the seal uponit, and rolled the stone away. As he stood at the opendoor of the tomb, the Lord Jesus Christ walked out fromit, no longer dead but living, and living never to dieagain. The grave clothes were not now wrapped aroundhis body, and the napkin had been taken from his face. If the Roman soldiers were still there, they could notsee Jesus, for a change had come over him, and he wasnow seen only by those whom he wished to see him and 469. The women at the empty tomb listened in fear and wonder to the words of theangel: He is not here; he has risen I 170 ®]be 3Siisitn CfiriJft by no others. And he could suddenly appear and dis-appear as he chose. He could be seen suddenly in oneplace, and then a moment after could be seen just assuddenly in another place miles and miles away. Hecould pass through closed doors just as if they werewide open; and after being seen by his friends couldvanish out of their sight. A few moments after the earthquake, and after therisen Christ had come from his tomb, a few womencame from the city to the tomb, bringing some morespices and perfumes to place around his body. Thosewomen were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the wife ofClopas, and Salome, and a woman named Joanna, andperhaps others. They may have felt the earthquakeshock, but they did not know the wonderful things thathad taken place, and supposed that the body of Jesuswas in the tomb. As they c
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