Matthew 27:66
Then, going out, they secured the sepulcher with guards, sealing the stone.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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 a guard. Go, guard it as you know how.”
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And he instructed his companions and said: “Roll vast stones to the mouth of the cave, and station attentive men who will keep them closed.
Matthew 27:60and he placed it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out of a rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and he went away.
Matthew 28:11And when they had departed, behold, some of the guards went into the city, and they reported to the leaders of the priests all that had happened.
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 →