Matthew 27:66
And they went and secured the sepulchre, having sealed the stone, with the watch [besides].
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
In Context
65And Pilate said to them, Ye have a watch: go, secure it as well as ye know how.
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And Joshua said, Roll great stones before the mouth of the cave, and set men before it to keep them.
Matthew 27:60and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn in the rock; and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, went away.
Matthew 28:11And as they went, behold, some of the watch went into the city, and brought word to the chief priests of all that 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 →