The XXVIII. Chapter.
VPon the euenynge of the Sabbath [ A] holy daye,* 1.1 which dawneth ye morow of the first daye of ye Sabbathes, ca¦me Mary Magdalene and ye other Mary, to se ye sepulcre. And beholde, there was ma∣de a greate earthquake: for the angell of the LORDE descended from heauen, and came and rolled backe ye stone from the dore, and sat vpon it. And his countenaunce was as ye lightenynge, and his clothinge whyte as snowe. But ye watch mē were troubled for feare of him, and became as though they were deed.
The angell answered,* 1.2 and sayde vnto ye women: Be not ye afrayed. I knowe that ye seke Iesus that was crucified. He is not here. He is rysen, as he sayde. Come, and se ye place, where the LORDE was layed, and go youre waye soone, and tell his disciples, that he is rysen from the deed. And beholde, he wyl go before you in to Galile, there shal ye se him. Lo, I haue tolde you.
And they departed from the graue in all [ B] the haist with feare and greate ioye,* 1.3 & ran∣ne to brīge his disciples worde. And as they were goinge to tell his disciples, beholde, Iesus met them, and sayde: God spede you. And they wente vnto him, and helde his fe∣te, and fell downe before him. Thē sayde Ie¦sus vnto them: Be not afrayed: go youre waye and tell my brethren, that they go in to Galile, there shal they se me.* 1.4
And whan they were gone, beholde, cer∣tayne of the watchmen came in to the cite, & tolde the hye prestes euery thinge that had happened. And they came together with the elders, and helde a councell, and gaue ye sonders money ynough, and sayde: Saye ye: