Matthew 27:66
And they went, and made the sepulchre sure with the watch, and sealed the stone.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
In Context
65Then Pilate saide vnto them, Ye haue a watch: goe, and make it sure as ye knowe.
Cross References
Joshua 10:18Then Ioshua said, Roule great stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and set men by it for to keepe them.
Matthew 27:60And put it in his new tombe, which he had hewen out in a rocke, and rolled a great stone to the doore of the sepulchre, and departed.
Matthew 28:11Nowe when they were gone, beholde, some of the watch came into the citie, and shewed vnto the hie Priestes all ye things that were done.
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 →