28 And the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders gathered together with one another, having heard that all the people were grumbling, beating their chests, and saying, "If at his death these greatest signs have happened, see how just he was!" (GPE) 29 The elders were afraid, and went to Pilate, begging him and saying, (GPE) 30 "Give us soldiers, that we may guard his grave for three days, lest his disciples come and steal him, and the people think that he rose from the dead, and do us wrong." (GPE) 31 And Pilate gave them Petronius the centurion, with soldiers to guard the tomb. And elders and scribes went with them to the grave. (GPE) 32 And having rolled a great stone to the centurion and the soldiers, all who were there placed it at the door of the grave. (GPE) 33 And they put seven seals on it, and having pitched a tent there, they kept watch. (GPE) 34 Now when the morning of the Sabbath dawned, a crowd from Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside went that they might see the grave that had been sealed. (GPE) 35 But during the night before the Lord's day dawned, while the soldiers were watching two by two as guards, there was a great voice in heaven. (GPE) 36 And they saw the heavens being opened, and two men descended from there, having much radiance, and they approached the tomb. (GPE) 37 But that stone which had been placed at the door rolled away by itself, and made way in part, and the tomb was opened, and both the young men went in. (GPE) 38 Then those soldiers seeing it woke up the centurion and the elders, because they were there too, keeping guard. (GPE) 39 And while they were explaining to them what they saw, again they saw three men coming out of the tomb, with the two supporting the one, and a cross following them. (GPE)
Gospel of Peter 1:28–39
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