Matthew 27:65

Pilate saith unto them—Ye have a guard: Go your way, secure it for yourselves, as ye know how.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

64Command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made secure until the third day,—lest once the disciples should come and steal him, and say unto the people, He hath arisen from the dead! and, the last deception, shall be, worse than the first.

66And, they, went and secured for themselves the sepulchre, sealing the stone, with the guard.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10For the multitude of mankind shall give thanks unto thee, The remainder of the multitude, shall keep holy festival unto thee.

Matthew 27:66And, they, went and secured for themselves the sepulchre, sealing the stone, with 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 →

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