<p class="bodytext">The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake<n id="1" /> realized that only one small boat<n id="2" /> had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded<n id="3" /> it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

So the soldiers said to one another, &#8220;Let&#8217;s not tear it, but throw dice<n id="1" /> to see who will get it.&#8221;<n id="2" /> This took place<n id="3" /> to fulfill the scripture that says, &#8220;<b><i>They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dicei>b>.&#8221;<n id="4" /> So the soldiers did these things.p>

<p class="bodytext">Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath<n id="1" /> (for that Sabbath was an especially important one),<n id="2" /> the Jewish leaders<n id="3" /> asked Pilate to have the victims&#8217; legs<n id="4" /> broken<n id="5" /> and the bodies taken down.<n id="6" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together<n id="1" /> and locked the doors<n id="2" /> of the place<n id="3" /> because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders.<n id="4" /> Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, &#8220;Peace be with you.&#8221;

The other disciples told him, &#8220;We have seen the Lord!&#8221; But he replied,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Unless I see the wounds<n id="2" /> from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!&#8221;<n id="3" />p>