Matthew 27:66
So they went and made the sepulchre secure, sealing the stone besides setting the guard.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
In Context
65"You can have a guard," said Pilate: "go and make all safe, as best you can."
Cross References
Matthew 27:60He then laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn in the solid rock, and after rolling a great stone against the door of the tomb he went home.
Matthew 28:11While they went on this errand, some of the guards came into the city and reported to the High Priests every detail of what 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 →