Mattityahu 27:57-28:10

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁵⁷ And when it was erev, there came an oisher (rich man) from Ramatayim named Yosef who himself had also become a talmid of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

⁵⁸ This man went to Pilate and asked for the gufat Yehoshua [TEHILLIM 16:9-10]. Then Pilate ordered it to be given over to Yosef.

⁵⁹ And Yosef took the gufat Yehoshua, and wrapped it in the tachrichim,

⁶⁰ and laid it in Yosef’s own new kever, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the kever (tomb) and went away [Isa 53:9].

⁶¹ And Miryam of Magdala, and the other Miryam, stayed there, sitting opposite the kever.

⁶² Now on the next day [i.e., Motzoei Shabbos], which is the one after the Preparation, the Rashei Hakohanim and the Perushim gathered together with Pilate

⁶³ and said, Sir, we remember that when he was still alive that mateh (deceiver) said, After shloshah yamim I am to stand up alive.

⁶⁴ Therefore, give orders for the kever to be made secure until the Yom HaShlishi (the Third Day), lest his talmidim come and steal him away and say to the people, He has stood up alive from the mesim. And the last deception will be worse than the first.

⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, You have a guard, go make the kever as secure as you know how.

⁶⁶ And they went and made the kever secure, and, along with the guard, they set a seal on the stone.

28 Now after Shabbos, at the time of Shacharis on Yom Rishon (the first day of the week), Miryam of Magdala and the other Miryam came to look at the kever.

² And hinei! a great earthquake had occurred, for a malach Adonoi (an angel of Hashem) descended from Shomayim and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.

³ And his appearance was like lightning and his garment as white as snow.

⁴ And the shomrim (guards) shook for fear of him and became like dead men.

⁵ And the malach, in reply, said to the nashim, Do not be afraid, for I know that you are seeking Yehoshua, who has been hanged on HaEtz.

⁶ He is not here. To him has come the Techiyas HaMesim, just as he said. Come, see the place where HaAdon was lying.

⁷ And go quickly, tell his talmidim about the Techiyas HaMoshiach from HaMesim. And, hinei! He is going ahead of you into the Galil. There you will see him. Hinei! I have told you!

⁸ And they departed quickly from the kever with fear and great simcha and ran to report everything to Moshiach’s talmidim.

⁹ And hinei! Moshiach met them, saying Shalom Aleichem. And they came up and took hold of his feet and fell prostrate before him.

¹⁰ Then he said to them, Do not be afraid; go and take word to my Achim that they may go away to the Galil, and there they shall see me.