Matthew 27:63

"We recollect, Sir, that when he was living this imposter said, ‘I will rise again after three days.’

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

In Context

62The day after - that is, the day following the Preparation - the chief priests and Pharisees went in a body to Pilate and said.

64Now therefore give order to have the sepulcher securely guarded until the third day, for fear his disciples may come and steal him away, and then tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead’;and so the last error will be worse than the first."

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Cross References

Matthew 16:21After this Jesus the Christ began to show his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and chief priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again.

Matthew 20:19"and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified; and on the third day he will rise from the grave."

Mark 8:31and he began to explain to them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the Scribes, and be put to death,and after two days rise again.

Luke 9:22and he said, "The Son of man must suffer much, and be restricted by the elders and high priests and scribes and be put to death, and on the third day be raised again."

Luke 23:2and began to accuse him. "We have found this fellow perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, and proclaiming that he is the Messiah and King."

John 2:19"Destroy this temple," answered Jesus, "and in three days I will raise it up."

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 →

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