7 At midnight all was well, but suddenly the tomb became a blaze of light, and down the garden walk a troupe of white clad soldiers marched in single file.
8 They came up to the tomb and marched and countermarched before the door.
9 The Jewish soldiers were alert; they thought the friends had come to steal the body of the Nazarene. The captain of the guard cried out to charge.
10 They charged; but not a white clad soldier fell. They did not even stop; they marched and countermarched among the frightened men.
11 They stood upon the Roman seal; they did not speak; they unsheathed not their swords; it was the Silent Brotherhood.
12 The Jewish soldiers fled in fear; they fell upon the ground.
13 They stood apart until the white clad soldiers marched away, and then the light about the tomb grew dim.
14 Then they returned; the stone was in its place; the seal was not disturbed, and they resumed their watch.
15 Now, Jesus did not sleep within the tomb. The body is the manifest of soul; but soul is soul without its manifest.
16 And in the realm of souls, unmanifest, the Lord went forth and taught.