Chapter 15: The Servant of the Priest Summary and Analysis

In Mark, there is the clear story of what occurred during Jesus' ordeal. However, there is no explanation offered as to how the stone was moved. The other Gospels do not offer an explanation. There was never speculation that the risen Jesus moved the stone by his strength and power. On the question of the guard or guards who were dispatched to watch the tomb, there is literary evidence that they fell asleep. The guards, of course, were forbidden to fall asleep however they were recruited on short notice and were probably exhausted from doing double-duty. No one was about in the darkened area around the tomb so it is understandable and conceivable that they drifted off.

An old fragment existed from the Gospel of the Hebrews which described how Jesus...