. True stories for little S BETRAYED. 193 What rich man begged the body of Jesus ?What did those who crucified Him remember ?What precaution did they take ?Wliat was the penalty for breaking the Romanseal? What for sleeping at the post ? 19-1 TRUE STORIES FllOM THE BOOK. CHAPTER RESUBRECTION, Very early in the morning of the first day ofthe week, the clay Avhich should ever after behallowed as the Christian Sabbath, Mary Magda-lene and ^ the other Mary came to the the way they had thought of the great stone atthe door of the sepulchre. ^ Who shall roll us away the
. True stories for little S BETRAYED. 193 What rich man begged the body of Jesus ?What did those who crucified Him remember ?What precaution did they take ?Wliat was the penalty for breaking the Romanseal? What for sleeping at the post ? 19-1 TRUE STORIES FllOM THE BOOK. CHAPTER RESUBRECTION, Very early in the morning of the first day ofthe week, the clay Avhich should ever after behallowed as the Christian Sabbath, Mary Magda-lene and ^ the other Mary came to the the way they had thought of the great stone atthe door of the sepulchre. ^ Who shall roll us away the stone ? they hadqueried; for they had brought sweet spices toanoint the loved body. ^ There was a great earthquake : for the angelof the Lord descended from heaven, and cameand rolled back the stone from the door, and satupon it. The soldiers had fallen like dead men. The angel told the women that the Lord hadrisen; and the Lord Jesus Himself appeared toMary, and said, ^^Be not afraid. He bade her tell His disciples the glad news,. The Saviour Appears to Mary Magdalene. THE RESURRECTION. 195 and that they should go into Galilee, where Hewould meet them. Trembling, yet elate, the firstgospel messenger bore the glad news to the dis-ciples whom Jesus loved. And the watch, whichhad failed so entirely, carried the news to thechief priests who had employed them. These men bade the soldiers say that His dis-ciples came by night and stole him away while weslept. Theij would manage matters with the gov-ernor, should he hear of it. The soldiers took themoney which the priests offered, and told the liewhich they bade them tell, and those who ivishedto believed it. But the disciples were filled with were eleven of them now. They went toGalilee, as Jesus had bidden them, to a mountainwhere He had appointed. And the risen Saviourmet them there, and they worshipped Him, butsome doubted. Forty days after His crucifixion He remained onearth, coming to His disciples when the door
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