36 And then he folded up his burial gown, his head bands and his coverings and laid them all aside. 37 He rose, and for a moment stood beside the white-robed form. 38 The weaker soldiers fell upon the ground, and hid their faces in their hands; the stronger stood and watched. 39 They saw the body of the Nazarene transmute; they saw it change from mortal to immortal form, and then it disappeared. 40 The soldiers heard a voice from somewhere; yea, from everywhere, it said, 41 Peace, peace on earth; good will to men. 42 They looked, the tomb was empty and the Lord had risen as he said. 43 The soldiers hastened to Jerusalem, and to the priests, and said, 44 Behold, the Nazarene has risen as he said; the tomb is empty and the body of the man is gone; we know not where it is. And then they told about the wonders of the night. 45 Caiaphas called a council of the Jews; he said, the news must not go forth that Jesus has arisen from the dead; 46 For if it does all men will say, He is the son of God, and all our testimonies will be proven false. 47 And then they called the hundred soldiers in and said to them, 48 You know not where the body of the Nazarene is resting now, so if you will go forth and say that his disciples came and stole the body while you slept, 49 Each one of you shall have a silver piece, and we will make it right with Pilate for the breaking of the Roman seal. 50 The soldiers did as they were paid to do. SECTION XXI. SCHIN. _Materialization of the Spiritual Body of Jesus._ CHAPTER 173. _Jesus appears, fully materialized, to his mother, Miriam, Mary of Magdala and to Peter, James and John._ Now, when the rabbis took the body of the Lord and laid it in the tomb the mother of the Lord, and Mary Magdalene, and Miriam were there. 2 And when the body was entombed they went to Joseph’s home and there abode. 3 They did not know that Jewish soldiers had been sent to guard the tomb, nor that the Roman seal was placed upon the stone; 4 So in the morning of the first day of the week they hastened to the tomb with spices to embalm the Lord. 5 But when they reached the tomb they found the terror-stricken soldiers running frantically about. 6 The women did not know the cause; but when they found an empty tomb they were excited and aggrieved. 7 The soldiers did not know what had transpired; they could not tell who took the body of the Lord away. 8 And Mary Magdalene ran with haste toward Jerusalem to tell the news to Peter and the rest. 9 She met, just by the gateway, Peter, James and John; she said, Some one has rolled away the stone and carried off the body of the Lord. 10 And then the three disciples ran toward the tomb; but John was fleet of foot and was the first to reach the tomb; he found it empty; the body of his Lord was gone. 11 When Peter came he went into the tomb, and found the grave clothes neatly folded up and laid aside.