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O, come, said Joseph,
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Come thou holy body of my only friend, let me embrace thee. Then they carried the body of Jesus and placed it on the linen winding sheet that was prepared for it on his mother's lap. Nicodemus, looking at his wounds sighed,
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How the rage of thy enemies hath torn thy flesh.
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Now, said John,
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O, my Son, how is thy body covered with wounds!
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Mother, said John,
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See, mother, said the Magdalene, who stood on her right hand,
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Let us anoint him and then wrap him in this new linen.
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He shall be laid, said Joseph of Arimathea,
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O, best of Masters! One more loving tear upon thy lifeless body.
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O, let me once more kiss the hand which has so often blessed me.
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We shall see him again.
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Help me, said Joseph to Nicodemus,
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Blessed am I, said Nicodemus,
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Let us follow the dear, the divine friend.
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It is the last honor, said Mary,
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Brothers, is not the night nearly over? Then said Titus,
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The sky is already reddening in the east; a beautiful spring day is beginning to dawn.
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Immortal Gods! What a fearful shock!
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The earth is splitting, cried Rufus. Then there was a peal of thunder. Titus called out,
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Away from the rock; it is tottering; it is falling!
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Ye gods, what do we see? A fire from heaven is blinding our eyes!
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Brother, what has happened to us? Then said one of the soldiers,
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I will not stop here another moment.
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The apparition is vanished, and grasping his spear he rose to his feet saying,
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Brothers, take heart; we have nothing to fear, as we have done no wrong. They then stood up and saw the open door of the sepulchre from which the stone had fallen. Then said Titus,
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The stone is rolled away from the grave. The grave is open.
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Yes, said another,
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Then they went with fear and trembling to the door of the sepulchre, and one looking in, said,
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I do not see the corpse.
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Here is the linen cloth lying in which the body was wrapped. He has gone out of the grave.
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He must have risen again, as no one came into the garden.
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It has happened thus as the priests feared.
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He has fulfilled his word!
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Now, what shall we do?
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There is nothing else to be done, said one,
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That we will,