Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 27:62-66
by: Jo Anne Kandel.
It was not enough that Jesus was beaten and crucified; the chief priests and Pharisees wanted to make sure that there was no chance of Jesus’ followers making it look like he had risen from the dead. As powerful as these Jewish leaders were, God had no trouble working around their plans. Jesus did rise from the dead and even visited his disciples. Just as Jewish and Roman authorities could not contain the body of Jesus in the tomb, neither could they contain the Christian faith in the following centuries.