Matthew 27:65

“You may have a guard,” was Pilate’s reply. “Go and make the tomb as secure as you can.”

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

In Context

64So order the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal him, and then say to the people ‘He has risen from the dead,’ when the latest imposture will be worse than the first.”

66So they went and made the tomb secure, by sealing the stone, in presence of the guard.

Read all of Matthew 27

Cross References

Psalms 76:10The fiercest will praise you, to you will the remnant hold festival.

Matthew 27:66So they went and made the tomb secure, by sealing the stone, in presence of the guard.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Matthew 27:65