"BlackRaiser. Seven seals. Corinthian tradition, rich man's tomb."

The passage below is from a fragment which was discovered in 1884 in a tomb at Akhmim in Egypt. It is associated with St. Peter, and was translated into English by Oxford University. It contains a more detailed description of Matthew 27:66

"And the elders were afraid and came unto Pilate, entreating him and saying: Give us soldiers that we (or they) may watch his sepulchre for three days, lest his disciples come and steal him away and the people suppose that he is risen from the dead, and do hurt us. And Pilate gave them Petronius the centurion with soldiers to watch the sepulchre; and the elders and scribes came with them unto the tomb, and when they had rolled a great stone to keep out (al. together with) the centurion and the soldiers, then all that were there together set it upon the door of the tomb; and plastered thereon seven seals; and they pitched a tent there and kept watch."

It specifies "seven seals" which were not of the common wax and clay variety, but "plastered" or cemented to a great stone on the tomb door, making it virtually impossible to open. It also gives the name of the Roman soldier in charge, "Petronius."

The following passage is from a fourth century book in Greek, Latin and Syriac and is associated with St. Paul's visit to the Corinthian geographical area, before proceeding to Rome. It was translated into English by M. R. James of Oxford University:

"And he took me from the north side (to the west, Syr.) and set me over a well, and I found it sealed with seven seals. And the angel that was with me answered and said unto the angel of that place: Open the mouth of the well, that Paul the dearly beloved of God may behold; for power hath been given unto him to see all the torments of hell."

Made up of early matter, it describes the fate of the missing seven seals.
They are now on "the well of the abyss."

"And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice... Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads." (Revelation 7: 2-3)