comes to save him.

(50)And Jesus, again crying with a loud voice, yielded up his spirit.
(51)And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top
to the bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent; (52)and
the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen
asleep arose, (53)and coming out of the tombs, after his resurrection,
went into the holy city, and appeared to many.

(54)And the centurion, and they that with him were watching Jesus, on
seeing the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly
afraid, saying: Truly this was the Son of God.

(55)And many women were there, beholding afar off, they who followed
Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him; (56)among whom was Mary the
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of
the sons of Zebedee.

(57)And evening having come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea,
named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus. (58)This man
went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded
that the body should be given up. (59)And taking the body, Joseph
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, (60)and laid it in his own new
tomb, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone
to the door of the tomb, he departed. (61)And Mary the Magdalene was
there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

(62)And on the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief
priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, (63)saying: Sir, we
remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive: After three
days I will rise. (64)Command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made
secure until the third day lest his disciples come and steal him away,
and say to the people: He is risen from the dead; and the last error
will be worse than the first. (65)Pilate said to them: Ye have a
watch; go, make secure, as ye know how. (66)And they went, and made
the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone, in connection with the watch.

XXVIII.

AND late in the sabbath, as it was dawning into the first day of the
week, came Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary to view the
sepulchre. (2)And behold, there was a great earthquake. For an angel
of the Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone,
and sat upon it. (3)His countenance was like lightning, and his
raiment white as snow; (4)and for fear of him the keepers shook, and
became as dead men. (5)And the angel answ