Matthew 27:66
And they went and made the kever secure, and, along with the guard, they set a seal on the stone.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 make the kever as secure as you know how.
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And Yehoshua said, Roll avanim gedolot upon the mouth of the me'arah, and post anashim by it to be shomer over them;
Matthew 27:60and laid it in Yosefʼs own new kever, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the kever (tomb) and went away. + 27:60 Isa 53:9
Matthew 28:11Now while they were on their way, hinei! Some of the shomrim came into the city and reported to the Rashei Hakohanim all the things 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 →