Bible Game · Chapter 24
The Empty Tomb and the Guards
At dawn on the first day after the Sabbath, Jesus' tomb was empty. The great stone was rolled aside, and the guards fled into the city in terror. The chief priests gave them a large sum of money and said — 'Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep' (28:13). The story spreads far and wide. You stand before it. — This game does not ask whether he truly rose, or what actually became of the body. It settles only one thing: whether this paid story can stand on its own.
New Testament · Matthew 28 · before the paid guards' story
Unfamiliar words in this case
- high priest — the highest priest in Judaism, who oversaw the temple sacrifices and led the ruling council (the Sanhedrin); the summit of religious power.
The painting in this case
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) · c. 1500 · oil on panel · Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP). An early work, painted before Raphael was twenty and still deep in the manner of his master Perugino. The four scattered in alarm by the empty tomb are the guards.
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This game makes no theological judgments. Every verdict rests only on the narrative facts the text itself states.
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