While Jesus' death was historically unique, many people still did not believe Him. Many still thought He died because He had done something wrong. Our opening scripture lets us know that Jesus was declared to be the Son of God by the resurrection through the work of the Holy Spirit. That means His resurrection was a testimony of who He was, God. The Jewish leaders called Jesus a deceiver, showing disbelief in who He claimed to be. When they recalled that He said He would rise on the third day, they thought His disciples would steal His body and make a false public announcement that He had risen. Therefore, they connived with Pilate to have the tomb fully secured. They sealed the stone and deployed guarding soldiers on the grave (Matthew 27:62-65). Early in the morning of the first day of the week, as Mary Magdalene and other women went to the grave, an angel appeared and rolled the stone away and told them, "Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you" (Matthew 28:5-7). The descent of the angel caused a great earthquake and his appearance was like lightening and his clothes were white as snow. When the guarding soldiers saw this they were terrified and knew that Jesus was out of the grave. When they reported this to the Jewish leaders, they were bribed to lie that His disciples stole the corpse while they slept. While they agreed, they knew the truth, Jesus was not stolen but had resurrected. He came out while the grave was sealed and fully secured. They also found the linen clothes they covered His body with and the napkin which was around His head well wrapped in the empty grave. If He was stolen, things wouldn't have been that way. When John saw this he believed (John 20:7-9), telling us that His resurrection was a testimony of His deity. With the tight security, Jesus rose from the dead just as He had told them. Hallelujah!!!