and we all fell powerless to the ground; and we saw angels, bright, like the lightning; we were not able to bear the sight; we looked down at once; we endeavoured, again, to raise our eyes, and we beheld One coming out of the grave, but He passed by the first angel we saw, who now was sitting on the removed stone; but He who came out of the grave! we never saw one like unto Him before,—truly He was like unto the Son of God.’ ‘What, then, became of the angel?’ ‘Oh, a legion of them came down, and one of them, very fair, like a young man, entered the grave, and sat where the head of Jesus had lain; and, immediately, another, also, very fair, and beautiful, sat where His feet had rested.’ ‘And did the angels say nothing to you?’ ‘No, but they looked with eyes of lightning.’ ‘Saw you not His friends, the women?’ ‘Oh, yes; they came there, but He had left the tomb before their arrival.’ ‘Talked the angels to the women?’ ‘Yes; they seemed to be of one family, and very well acquainted with one another.’ ‘Do you remember anything of the conversation?’ ‘Yes; they said, “Fear you not! let the Pharisees, and Darkness fear to-day! You seek Jesus! He is not here, for He is risen indeed; He is alive, and lives for ever. He has gone before you to Galilee.” We heard one angel say, “Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Another angel spoke to a woman called Mary, and said, “Why weepest _thou_, while thy Lord is risen indeed, and is alive, so near unto thee? _let His enemies weep to-day_!”’ ‘WHAT!’ exclaimed the leader of those priests, and of the council, who had asked for the guard,—‘What! how say you? _Close that door_! You, _tall_ soldier, approach: was it not you who pierced His side?’ ‘Yes, it was I; but all that these soldiers have said is all true; oh, alas! it is all true! He must have been the Son of God.’ The Pharisees lost their cause, on the day of their appeal; they gave the soldiers money, to say that His disciples had stolen the body while they slept! _If they were asleep_, _how did they know in what manner He had left the grave_? They, however, suffered themselves to be suborned, and for money lied, and, to this hour, the kingdom of Satan hangs upon that lie!”