The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” So they went and made the tomb secure by putting seal on the stone and posting the guard.
Matthew 27:62-66
What a Sabbath day that must have been for the disciples of Jesus.
Shock and dismay over the execution of the one they had followed for three years.
Fear over what the future held for them.
Did they dare to go to the temple to worship?
Or did they remain in sequestered in that upper room, waiting for a knock on the door from the authorities, seeking to arrest all of them?
Even though Jesus had told them that He would be killed, they were not prepared.
It was the darkest of days for them – BUT – Sunday was coming!
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