At any rate, we are told in the Gospel of John that the garden was near at hand. And here they buried the body of our dear Lord, and rolled a great stone across the door of the sepulchre. And Mary Magdalene and the other Mary saw where He was laid, and sat down over against the sepulchre to watch. But the next day, the chief priests and Pharisees came to Pilate, to remind him that Jesus had said while He was alive, that He was going to rise again from the dead on the third day. So they begged Pilate to command that the sepulchre should be made sure till the third day, lest Jesus' disciples should come in the night and steal His body away, and pretend that He had risen as He had said, which they thought would be a worse mistake than all! And Pilate answered, "You have soldiers who can watch, go and make it as sure as you can." So they went back, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting men to keep watch all night. XXIV. The Resurrection They had sealed the grave to make all sure, and they had set a watch that no one should come to steal the body of Jesus; and the women and those who loved Him and had followed Him, left the tomb at last, and went to their own homes. [Illustration: SETTING MEN TO WATCH ALL NIGHT.] They had forgotten that the Lord Jesus had told them, over and over again, that He would rise from the dead on the third day. But it was impossible that the grave could hold the Son of God, when the time came for Him to rise. He tasted death for all of us; but He also rose from the dead to show that God was satisfied that He had atoned for our sins. Very early on the first day of the week, which is our Sunday, Mary Magdalene, and Salome, and "the other Mary," came to the grave with spices and sweet-smelling ointments to anoint the body of Jesus. And as they went along, they said to each other, "Who shall roll away the stone for us?" For they knew that it was very large and heavy! But when they got there, the stone was already rolled away. So they entered into the tomb, and they saw a young man sitting there on the right side, clothed in a long, white garment, and they were very frightened. But he said to them, "Do not be frightened; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified: He is risen; He is not here: look at the place where they laid Him. And go and tell His disciples, and Peter, that if they go into Galilee they shall see Him, as He said to them." At first they were so frightened at the shining angel that they ran away, and did not tell any one. But very soon, while it was yet very early, Jesus met Mary Magdalene (out of whom, we read in the 8th of Luke, He had cast seven devils), and when she had seen Him and He had talked with her, she knew certainly that He was the Lord; and she ran and told His other disciples who were mourning and crying because they thought He was dead, and that they should never see Him again.