Matthew 27:65

Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

In Context

64Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

66So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10\76:9\When God took his place as judge, for the salvation of the poor on the earth. (Selah.)

Matthew 27:66So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:58-66

The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting… Read the whole commentary →

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