Matthew 27:66
So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
In Context
65“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
Cross References
Joshua 10:18So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.
Matthew 27:60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Matthew 28:11While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief 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 →