Matthew 27:58-66

58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him.

59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud

60 and ¹laid it in his own new tomb, ²which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled ³a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

61 Mary Magdalene and ⁴the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

The Guard at the Tomb

62 The next day, that is, after the day of ⁵Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

63 and said, "Sir, we remember how ⁶that impostor said, while he was still alive, ⁷'After three days I will rise.'

64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, ⁸lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first."

65 Pilate said to them, "You have ⁹a guard^[a] of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can."

66 So they went and made the tomb secure by ¹⁰sealing the stone and setting a guard.