On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, saying, "Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise.' Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' So the last deception will be worse than the first."Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how." So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard. (Matthew 27:62-66, NKJV)
All was quiet. This was the Jewish Sabbath, and the city was still - a very dramatic contrast to the events the previous day. The disciples were in hiding, mourning the loss of their Friend and Teacher, but the Pharisees and chief priests still plotted to discredit Jesus...
This is the second day that Jesus lay in the tomb, waiting for the right time to prove His power over death and the grave.
Waiting, for the first blush of a new dawn...
Waiting for the glorious Son Rise of Easter!
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