Matthew 27:66

So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the entrance stone and posting soldiers as guards.

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In The King James Version

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

In Context

65“I'll give you a guard of soldiers,” Pilate told them. “Now go, and make it as secure as you possibly can.”

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Cross References

Joshua 10:18he gave this order, “Roll some large stones to block the entrance to the cave and have some men guard it.

Matthew 27:60and placed it in his own new tomb, cut out of solid rock. He rolled a large stone across the entrance to the tomb, and left.

Matthew 28:11As they left, some of the guards went into the city and explained to the chief priests everything 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 →

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