EGW WritingsMatthew 27

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)

Lt 61, 1891

7LtMs, Lt 61, 1891, par. 10

Let us think of the sufferings endured by the Son of God. Behold Him dying upon the cross amid the deepest gloom. The darkened heavens and the convulsed earth, the rent rocks, give but a faint emblem of the state of His mind as He cried, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” [Matthew 27:46.] How can this be explained? Did the Father forsake His Son, whom He calls His only-begotten Son? His well-beloved Son of whom He said, “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased”? [Matthew 3:17.] Oh, the reason was that Jesus was the sinner’s substitute and surety. He took the penalty which the sinner deserved upon Himself in order to give the sinner another trial, another chance, to prove his loyalty to God and keep His commandments. There are only two classes in the whole universe: Those who believe on Jesus Christ and those who will not believe.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)

Lt 97, 1895

10LtMs, Lt 97, 1895, par. 56

Jesus longs to save you, to give you peace and rest and assurance while you live, and to bestow upon you eternal life in His kingdom. But no one will be compelled to be saved. Jesus says, “Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.” [Joshua 24:15.] Those who give their hearts to Christ will find rest in His love. We have a token of the magnitude of His love in His sufferings and death. Behold Him dying upon the cross amid the deepest gloom, for the heavens are darkened and the earth convulsed. The rent rocks are but a feeble emblem of His state of mind when He exclaimed, “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?” [Matthew 27:46.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)

Lt 106, 1896

11LtMs, Lt 106, 1896, par. 34

As Christ hung upon the cross with the tremendous weight of the sins of the world upon Him, and the words were forced from His pale and trembling lips, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” [Matthew 27:46.] He thought of His weeping mother, and commended her to John, saying, “Woman, behold thy son;” and to John He said, “Behold thy mother.” Thus He provided for her a tender heart, which would comfort her in her keen sorrow. “And from that hour, that disciple took her unto his own home.” [John 19:26, 27.]

Gospel Workers (1892/1893 ed.)

Christian Deportment and Influence

GW92 419.2

Well would it be for us if we could always remember Calvary, where Jesus bore the terrible burden of the sins of the world. In his expiring agony hear him exclaim, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!” [Matthew 27:46.] and remember that he endured the hiding of his Father’s face, that it might not be forever hidden from fallen man. He endured shame, cruel scourging, insult, and mockery, that we might be reconciled to God and rescued from endless death. If our minds dwell upon these themes, our conversation will be in heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, and even vain thoughts will seem out of place.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)

Ms 133, 1897

12LtMs, Ms 133, 1897, par. 1

It was the expression of justice against sin that crushed out the life of the Son of God. It was the weight of sin that led Him to cry out on the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me,” that in the garden of Gethsemane caused Him to sweat as it were great drops of blood. [Matthew 27:46; Luke 22:44.] The wrath of God was upon Him, and He felt that His Father had forsaken Him. The sins of the transgressor were placed to His account. But in His justice the love of God was manifested toward every human being.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Ms 66, 1901

16LtMs, Ms 66, 1901, par. 16

Stand before the cross of Calvary, and learn from it the cost of redemption. With breaking heart the holy Sufferer looks up to God and cries, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” [Matthew 27:46.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)

Ms 72, 1902

17LtMs, Ms 72, 1902, par. 16

Stand before the cross, and learn from it the cost of redemption. With breaking heart, the Holy Sufferer looks up to God, and cries, “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?” [Matthew 27:46.] His heart was breaking under the thought of the woe that was to come upon the actors, under a sense of their ingratitude, under the weight of the sin He Himself must carry for them. No heart save His own could approach unto such sin-bearing. Amidst His agony there came from heart and lips the wonderful prayer, “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” [Luke 23:34.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)

Ms 140, 1903

18LtMs, Ms 140, 1903, par. 30

Christ was crucified, and in His death the powers of hell seemed to prevail. But even when on the cross the Saviour cried, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” He was conqueror over the power of darkness. [Matthew 27:46.] When the words, “It is finished” [John 19:30], came from His pale, trembling lips, darkness like the darkness of midnight hid His dying agony from the eyes of the spectators. Through long hours of agony He had been gazed upon by the jesting multitude. Now He was mercifully hidden by the mantle of God.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 19 (1904)

Lt 299, 1904

19LtMs, Lt 299, 1904, par. 6

Rest in Christ’s love, my sister. This is all that He requires of you. Look unto Jesus, not to yourself. Christ is the author and finisher of your faith. Trust the One who has helped you in the past to hold fast to the faith. In the hour of death Christ cried out, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” [Matthew 27:46.] Had God forsaken Him? No, no. Neither has He forsaken any soul who trusts in Him. He will bring them off victorious and give them the crown of life.

Lift Him Up

The Magnitude of His Sacrifice, January 29

LHU 43.1

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, ... My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Matthew 27:46.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 25 (1910 - 1915)

Lt 100, 1911

25LtMs, Lt 100, 1911, par. 11

Did the Father hear the cry of His Son in His agonized humiliation, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” [Matthew 27:46.] That cry, wrenched from the divine Sufferer in that hour of anguish, was an appeal to the Father. No line can fathom, no measurement compute, the love revealed by the cross of Calvary. We could understand it more fully if we were capable of seeing it as it is.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 25 (1910 - 1915)

Ms 31, 1911

25LtMs, Ms 31, 1911, par. 28

Hear His cry, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” [Matthew 27:46.] He was treated as a sinner, that we might be treated as righteous, that God might be just, and yet the justifier of the sinner.

Jesus, Name Above All Names

Loving Saviour, October 10

JNN 299.2

Christ yielded not in the least degree to the torturing foe, even in His bitterest anguish. Legions of evil angels were all about the Son of God, yet the holy angels were bidden not to break their ranks and engage in conflict with the taunting, reviling foe. Heavenly angels were not permitted to minister unto the anguished spirit of the Son of God. It was in this terrible hour of darkness, the face of His Father hidden, legions of evil angels enshrouding Him, the sins of the world upon Him, that the words were wrenched from His lips: “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” (Matthew 27:46).

Steps to Christ

Chapter 1—God’s Love for Man

SC 13.1

It was to redeem us that Jesus lived and suffered and died. He became “a Man of Sorrows,” that we might be made partakers of everlasting joy. God permitted His beloved Son, full of grace and truth, to come from a world of indescribable glory, to a world marred and blighted with sin, darkened with the shadow of death and the curse. He permitted Him to leave the bosom of His love, the adoration of the angels, to suffer shame, insult, humiliation, hatred, and death. “The chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:5. Behold Him in the wilderness, in Gethsemane, upon the cross! The spotless Son of God took upon Himself the burden of sin. He who had been one with God, felt in His soul the awful separation that sin makes between God and man. This wrung from His lips the anguished cry, “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46. It was the burden of sin, the sense of its terrible enormity, of its separation of the soul from God—it was this that broke the heart of the Son of God.

The Faith I Live By

The Sacrificial Blood of Christ, April 5

FLB 101.4

Behold Him in the wilderness, in Gethsemane, upon the cross! The spotless Son of God took upon Himself the burden of sin. He who had been one with God, felt in His soul the awful separation that sin makes between God and man. This wrung from His lips the anguished cry, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46. It was the burden of sin, the sense of its terrible enormity, of its separation of the soul from God—it was this that broke the heart of the Son of God.19Steps to Christ, 13.

The Upward Look

Christ’s Death Brings Life, July 28

UL 223.4

Stand before the cross of Calvary, and learn from it the cost of redemption. With breaking heart the holy Sufferer upon the cross of Calvary looks up to God, and cries, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). The angels of heaven sympathized with their loved Commander. Gladly would they have broken their ranks and gone to His assistance. But this was not God’s plan. Our Saviour trod the wine press alone, and of the people there was none with Him.

Testimony Treasures, vol. 1

Wives of Ministers

1TT 36.1

I saw the wives of the ministers. Some of them are no help to their husbands, yet they profess the third angel’s message. They think more of studying their own wishes and pleasure than the will of God, or how they can hold up the hands of their husbands by their faithful prayers and careful walk. I saw that some of them take so willful and selfish a course that Satan makes them his instruments and works through them to destroy the influence and usefulness of their husbands. They feel at liberty to complain and murmur if they are brought through any strait places. They forget the sufferings of the ancient Christians for the truth’s sake and think that they must have their wishes and way, and follow their own will. They forget the suffering of Jesus, their Master. They forget the Man of Sorrows, who was acquainted with grief—He who had not where to lay His head. They do not care to remember that holy brow, pierced with a crown of thorns. They forget Him, who, bearing His own cross to Calvary, fainted beneath its burden. Not merely the burden of the wooden cross, but the heavy burden of the sins of the world, was upon Him. They forget the cruel nails driven through His tender hands and feet, and His ex piring, agonizing cries: “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34. After all this suffering endured for them, they feel a strong unwillingness to suffer for Christ’s sake.

Testimony Treasures, vol. 1

Into the Depths

1TT 228.3

Even doubts assailed the dying Son of God. He could not see through the portals of the tomb. Bright hope did not present to Him His coming forth from the tomb a conqueror and His Father’s acceptance of His sacrifice. The sin of the world, with all its terribleness, was felt to the utmost by the Son of God. The displeasure of the Father for sin, and its penalty, which is death, were all that He could realize through this amazing darkness. He was tempted to fear that sin was so offensive in the sight of His Father that He could not be reconciled to His Son. The fierce temptation that His own Father had forever left Him caused that piercing cry from the cross: “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” Matthew 27:46.

Jesus, Name Above All Names

Bleeding Victim, July 27

JNN 221.4

But it was not the spear thrust, it was not the pain of the cross, that caused the death of Jesus. That cry, uttered “with a loud voice” (Matthew 27:50; Luke 23:46), at the moment of death, the stream of blood and water that flowed from His side, declared that He died of a broken heart. His heart was broken by mental anguish. He was slain by the sin of the world.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)

Ms 114, 1898

13LtMs, Ms 114, 1898, par. 2

When Christ upon the cross cried out, “It is finished,” the veil before the Most Holy place was rent in twain. [John 19:30; Matthew 27:50, 51.] No more would sacrificial offerings be accepted, for type had met antitype in the death of Christ. Christ died, and rose again, proclaiming over the rent sepulcher of Joseph, “I am the Resurrection and the life. I live forever.” [John 11:25; Deuteronomy 32:40.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 20 (1905)

Ms 38, 1905

20LtMs, Ms 38, 1905, par. 4

When in his expiring moments on the cross Christ exclaimed, “It is finished,” the veil of the temple was rent from top to bottom. [John 19:30; Matthew 27:50, 51.] The need for the Jewish system of sacrifices and offerings had ended. Type had met antitype in the death of the One to whom the sacrifices pointed. A new and living way had been opened—a way by which Jew and Gentile, free and bond, could come to God and find pardon and peace.

From Heaven With Love

Chapter 80—Jesus Rests in Joseph’s Tomb

HLv 512.4

In the closing events of the crucifixion day, new witness was borne to Christ’s divinity. When the Saviour’s dying cry had been uttered, another voice was heard, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.” Matthew 27:54.

HLv 514.4

But it was not the spear thrust nor the pain of the cross that caused the death of Jesus. That cry, uttered “with a loud voice” (Matthew 27:50; Luke 23:46) at the moment of death, and the stream of blood and water declared that He died of a broken heart—broken by mental anguish, slain by the sin of the world.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)

Ms 115, 1897

12LtMs, Ms 115, 1897, par. 17

When Christ upon the cross cried out, “It is finished,” there was a mighty earthquake, that rent open the graves of many who had been faithful and loyal, bearing their testimony against every evil work, and magnifying the Lord God of hosts. [John 19:30; Matthew 27:50-52.] Now as the Lifegiver came forth from the sepulcher, proclaiming, “I am the resurrection and the life,” He summoned from the grave these saints. When alive, at the cost of their lives, they had borne their testimony unflinchingly for the truth. Now they were to be witnesses of Him who had raised them from the dead. These, said Christ, are no longer the captives of Satan. I have redeemed them; I have brought them from the grave as the first fruits of My power, to be with Me where I am, never more to see death or experience sorrow.

12LtMs, Ms 115, 1897, par. 25

Many had believed on Jesus as they saw the terrible sights that took place. They remembered the voice that was heard at the foot of the cross amid the noise and confusion. “When the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.” [Matthew 27:54.] As Christ cried out, “It is finished,” the cloud of blackness rolled back from the cross. The light seemed more bright in contrast with the darkness. Then the words of confession were heard, not in whispered tones, but as a witness, “Truly this was the Son of God.” All eyes were turned to the place from whence came the voice. Who had spoken? It was the centurion and the Roman soldiers, heathen and idolaters. Thus was the evidence given that soon our Redeemer would see of the travail of His soul.

The Desire of Ages

Chapter 80—In Joseph’s Tomb

DA 770.1

In the closing events of the crucifixion day, fresh evidence was given of the fulfillment of prophecy, and new witness borne to Christ’s divinity. When the darkness had lifted from the cross, and the Saviour’s dying cry had been uttered, immediately another voice was heard, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.” Matthew 27:54.

DA 772.2

But it was not the spear thrust, it was not the pain of the cross, that caused the death of Jesus. That cry, uttered “with a loud voice” (Matthew 27:50; Luke 23:46), at the moment of death, the stream of blood and water that flowed from His side, declared that He died of a broken heart. His heart was broken by mental anguish. He was slain by the sin of the world.

DA 777.3

They could rest little upon the Sabbath. Though they would not step over a Gentile’s threshold for fear of defilement, yet they held a council concerning the body of Christ. Death and the grave must hold Him whom they had crucified. “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. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.” Matthew 27:62-65.

Christ Triumphant

Temple Service Ended at Death of Christ, October 1

CTr 281.1

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent. Matthew 27:51.

Homeward Bound

From the Earthly to the Heavenly Temple, October 27

HB 328.1

The veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.—Matthew 27:51.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)

Ms 6, 1897

12LtMs, Ms 6, 1897, par. 6

How did the glory of God magnify itself in glorious perfection on that day when Christ’s life was yielded up as a sacrifice for the world! When he cried out, “It is finished,” there was a mighty earthquake, the rocks rent, the graves flew open, and Christ bowed His head, and died. [John 19:30; Matthew 27:51, 52.] In the sacrifice of God’s only begotten Son is demonstrated the awful glory of divine justice and holiness. “Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins.” [Romans 3:25.] In consideration of the great work which God has done to redeem, to uplift, to bring back the moral image of God in man, what is the human agent doing on his part as a worker together with God?

From Heaven With Love

Chapter 81—“The Lord Is Risen”

HLv 523.1

As Christ arose, He brought from the grave a multitude of captives. See Matthew 27:52. They were those who at the cost of their lives had borne testimony to the truth. Now they were to be witnesses for Him who had raised them from the dead.

Christ Triumphant

Firstfruits of Victory Over Death, October 6

CTr 286.1

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. Matthew 27:52, 53.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 21 (1906)

Ms 41, 1906

21LtMs, Ms 41, 1906, par. 32

Those who once were teachers of righteousness, but who have turned from the truth, are wandering in the mists of error. Satan with much persistency is striving for the mastery. Christ calls upon those who are still at Battle Creek to obtain a class of education of a character altogether different from the education that they have been receiving there. Students, the Lord Jesus calls upon you to fulfil His commission given just before His ascension to meet the heavenly armies that escorted Him to the city of God, there to be glorified with that most precious company of saints that were resurrected when gloom came about the crucified Redeemer, when awful darkness covered the dying Sufferer, and the rocks rent, and men were terrified and exclaimed, “This was the Son of God that was crucified!” [Matthew 27:52-54.] That resurrected company represented those who would come forth from their graves after the time of trouble that is to come upon our world. Those who came forth from their graves appeared before their believing relatives and bore their testimony before them.

Selected Messages Book 1

Chapter 45—The First Fruits

1SM 305.1

After His resurrection, Christ did not show Himself to any save His followers; but testimony in regard to His resurrection was not wanting. Those who were raised with Christ “appeared unto many” (Matthew 27:53), declaring, Christ has risen from the dead, and we are risen with Him. They bore testimony in the city to the fulfillment of the scripture, “Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead” (Isaiah 26:19). These saints contradicted the lie which the Roman guard had been hired to circulate—that the disciples had come by night and stolen Him away. This testimony could not be silenced.

To Be Like Jesus

Sabbath Rest and Joy in Eternity, May 31

BLJ 162.5

In the closing events of the crucifixion day, fresh evidence was given of the fulfillment of prophecy, and new witness borne to Christ’s divinity. When the darkness had lifted from the cross, and the Savior’s dying cry had been uttered, immediately another voice was heard, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God” (Matthew 27:54).—The Desire of Ages, 769, 770.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)

Ms 25, 1898

13LtMs, Ms 25, 1898, par. 7

One, a centurion, was more deeply moved than the others. He stood by the cross until the death of Christ, and heard the voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” [Mark 15:34.] He heard, too, the words that penetrated everywhere, “It is finished.” [John 19:30.] The darkness that covered the earth, and wrapped its gloomy pall about the cross and the form of Jesus, the rending rocks, the earthquake, combined to produce a scene which those who witnessed [it] would never forget. And the centurion was convicted. “Truly this was the Son of God,” he said. [Matthew 27:54.]

13LtMs, Ms 25, 1898, par. 15

“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 shall 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. 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.” [Matthew 27:62-66.]

Christ Triumphant

Men and Women to Stand Boldly for Christ, October 2

CTr 282.1

He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.... And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock. Matthew 27:58-60.

The Desire of Ages

Chapter 83—The Walk to Emmaus

DA 796.2

Strange that the disciples did not remember Christ’s words, and realize that He had foretold the events which had come to pass! They did not realize that the last part of His disclosure would be just as verily fulfilled as the first part, that the third day He would rise again. This was the part they should have remembered. The priests and rulers did not forget this. On the 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.” Matthew 27:62, 63. But the disciples did not remember these words.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)

Ms 113, 1897

12LtMs, Ms 113, 1897, par. 6

Why did not the disciples remember Christ’s words, and realize that events were to be as they had been. Why did not they realize that the last part of His disclosure would be just as verily fulfilled as the first part, that the third day He would rise again? This was the part they should have remembered. The priests and rulers did not forget this. The day that followed the day of 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.” [Matthew 27:62, 63.] Why did not the disciples remember these words?

From Heaven With Love

Many Turn to Bible Study

HLv 518.4

Though they would not step over a Gentile’s threshold for fear of defilement, on the Sabbath they held a council concerning the body of Christ. “The chief priests and the 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 will be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.” Matthew 27:62-65.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)

Ms 113a, 1897

12LtMs, Ms 113a, 1897, par. 5

Why did not the disciples remember Christ’s words, and realize that events were to be as they had been? Why did they not believe that the last part of his disclosure would be as verily fulfilled as the first part—that on the third day he would rise again? This was what they should have remembered. The priests and rulers did not forget this. On the day after Christ’s crucifixion they went to Pilate, saying, “Sir, we remember that this deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.” [Matthew 27:63.] Why did not the disciples remember these words?

The Story of Redemption

The Burial

SR 228.1

Although the Jewish rulers had carried out their fiendish purpose in putting to death the Son of God, their apprehensions were not quieted, nor was their jealousy of Christ dead. Mingled with the joy of gratified revenge, there was an ever-present fear that His dead body, lying in Joseph’s tomb, would come forth to life. Therefore “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 sepulchre 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.” Matthew 27:63, 64. Pilate was as unwilling as were the Jews that Jesus should rise with power to punish the guilt of those who had destroyed Him, and he placed a band of Roman soldiers at the command of the priests. Said he, “Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.” Matthew 27:65, 66.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)

Ms 204, 1899

14LtMs, Ms 204, 1899, par. 3

The day following Christ’s burial, the chief priests and Pharisees came to Pilate, saying, “Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, 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. 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.” [Matthew 27:63-66.]

The Story of Jesus

Chapter 25—In Joseph’s Tomb

SJ 152.1

“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.” Matthew 27:65, 66.