24 These men fell down at Pilate’s feet and prayed that they might take the body of the Nazarene and lay it in a tomb. 25 And Pilate gave consent. 26 Now, Joseph had prepared a costly mixture to embalm the body of the Lord, about a hundred pounds of aloes and of myrrh, and this they took and hastened out to Calvary. 27 And when the guards returned they said, The Nazarene is dead; the malefactors are alive. 28 And Pilate told the guards to go and smite the living men so they would die, and then to give their bodies to the flames; but give the body of the Nazarene to rabbis who would call for it. 29 The soldiers did as Pilate said. 30 The rabbis came and took away the body of the Lord and when they had prepared it with the spices they had bought, 31 They laid it in the new-made tomb that had been made for Joseph in a solid rock. 32 And then they rolled a stone up to the sepulcher. 33 The priests were fearful lest the friends of Jesus would go forth at night and take away the body of the Nazarene, and then report that he had risen from the dead, as he had said; 34 And they requested that the governor would send his soldiers to the tomb to guard the body of the dead. 35 But Pilate said, I will not send a Roman guard; but you have Jewish soldiers and may send a hundred men with a centurion to guard the tomb. 36 And then they sent a hundred soldiers out to guard the tomb. SECTION XX. RESH. _The Resurrection of Jesus._ CHAPTER 172. _Pilate places the Roman seal upon the stone door of the tomb. At midnight a company of the silent brothers march about the tomb. The soldiers are alarmed. Jesus preaches to the spirits in prison. Early Sunday morning he rises from the tomb. The soldiers are bribed by the priests to say that the disciples had stolen the body._ The tomb in which they laid the body of the Lord was in a garden, rich with flowers, the garden of Siloam, and Joseph’s home was near. 2 Before the watch began Caiaphas sent a company of priests out to the garden of Siloam that they might be assured that Jesus’ body was within the tomb. 3 They rolled away the stone; they saw the body there, and then they placed the stone again before the door. 4 And Pilate sent his scribe who placed upon the stone the seal of Rome, in such a way that he who moved the stone would break the seal. 5 To break this Roman seal meant death to him who broke the seal. 6 The Jewish soldiers all were sworn to faithfulness; and then the watch began. 7 At midnight all was well, but suddenly the tomb became a blaze of light, and down the garden walk a troupe of white clad soldiers marched in single file. 8 They came up to the tomb and marched and countermarched before the door. 9 The Jewish soldiers were alert; they thought the friends had come to steal the body of the Nazarene. The captain of the guard cried out to charge.