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Zechariah 1

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¹ But the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him [from death]."

² And Jesus cried out again with a loud [agonized] voice, and gave up His spirit [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father's plan].

³ And [at once] the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was[12] torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

⁴ The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God's people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life];

⁵ and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.

⁶ Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

⁷ There were also many women there looking on from a distance, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him.

⁸ Among them was[13] Mary Magdalene, and[14] Mary the mother of[15] James and Joseph, and [Salome] the[16] mother of Zebedee's sons [James and John].

⁹ When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

¹⁰ He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus [so that he might bury Him], and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

¹¹ And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth (burial wrapping),

¹² and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and he rolled a large stone over the entrance of the tomb and went away.

¹³ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other[17] Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

¹⁴ The next day, that is, the day after the [day of] preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate,

¹⁵ and said, "Sir, we have remembered that when He was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise [from the dead].'

¹⁶ Therefore, give orders to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception [the reporting of His resurrection] will be worse than the first [the reporting that He is the Messiah]."

¹⁷ Pilate said to them, "You have a guard [of soldiers]; go [with them], make the tomb as secure as you know how."

¹⁸ So they went and[18] made the tomb secure, and along with [stationing] a guard of soldiers [to be on watch] they set a seal on the stone.

¹⁹ Now after the Sabbath, near dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other[1] Mary went to look at the tomb.

²⁰ And a great earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone [from the opening of the tomb], and sat on it.

²¹ The angel's appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were as white as snow.

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1	But the rest said, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him [from death]."
2	And Jesus cried out again with a loud [agonized] voice, and gave up His spirit [voluntarily, sovereignly dismissing and releasing His spirit from His body in submission to His Father's plan].
3	And [at once] the veil [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was[12] torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split apart.
4	The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints (God's people) who had fallen asleep [in death] were raised [to life];
5	and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered the holy city (Jerusalem) and appeared to many people.
6	Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!"
7	There were also many women there looking on from a distance, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him.
8	Among them was[13] Mary Magdalene, and[14] Mary the mother of[15] James and Joseph, and [Salome] the[16] mother of Zebedee's sons [James and John].
9	When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.
10	He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus [so that he might bury Him], and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
11	And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth (burial wrapping),
12	and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; and he rolled a large stone over the entrance of the tomb and went away.
13	And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other[17] Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
14	The next day, that is, the day after the [day of] preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate,
15	and said, "Sir, we have remembered that when He was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise [from the dead].'
16	Therefore, give orders to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception [the reporting of His resurrection] will be worse than the first [the reporting that He is the Messiah]."
17	Pilate said to them, "You have a guard [of soldiers]; go [with them], make the tomb as secure as you know how."
18	So they went and[18] made the tomb secure, and along with [stationing] a guard of soldiers [to be on watch] they set a seal on the stone.
19	Now after the Sabbath, near dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other[1] Mary went to look at the tomb.
20	And a great earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone [from the opening of the tomb], and sat on it.
21	The angel's appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were as white as snow.

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