Matthew 27:66
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
King James Version
In Context
65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
Matthew 27:60And 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.
Matthew 28:11Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the 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 →