Matthew 27:66
So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
In Context
65Pilate said to them, You have watchmen; go and make it as safe as you are able.
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And Joshua said, Let great stones be rolled against the mouth of the hole, and let men keep watch by it:
Matthew 27:60And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.
Matthew 28:11Now, while they were going, some of the watchmen came into the town and gave news to the chief priests of all the things which had taken place.
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 →