[Illustration.] The Visit To The Sepulcher. "He is not here: for He is risen, as He said." Matt. 28:6. 1. In what psalm was the resurrection of Christ foretold? “For Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell [Heb., _Sheol_, the grave]: neither wilt Thou suffer Thine Holy One to see corruption.” Ps. 16:10. 2. In what way was Jonah a type of Christ? “For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Matt. 12:40. 3. In what plain words did Christ foretell His resurrection? “From that time forth began Jesus to show unto His disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, _and be raised again the third day_.” Matt. 16:21. “And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: and they shall kill Him, _and the third day He shall be raised again_.” Matt. 17: 22, 23. “The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, _and be raised the third day_.” Luke 9:22. See also Matt. 20:17-19; Mark 8:31; 9:31, 32; 10:32-34; Luke 18:31-34. 4. When asked by the Jews for a sign of His Messiahship, what did Jesus say? “Jesus answered and said unto them, _Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up_.” John 2:19. 5. To what temple did He refer? “Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt Thou rear it up in three days? But _He spake of the temple of His body_.” Verses 20, 21. 6. After His resurrection, what effect had this prediction upon His disciples? “When therefore He was risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this unto them; and _they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said_.” Verse 22. 7. How did the chief priests and Pharisees seek to prevent the fulfilment of Christ’s words concerning His resurrection? “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.” Matt. 27:62-64. 8. How did Pilate comply with their request? “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.” Verses 65, 66. 9. How futile was all this?