Matthew 27:62-66

The Guard at the Tomb

62 The next day, that is, after the day of ¹Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

63 and said, “Sir, we remember how ²that impostor said, while he was still alive, ³‘After three days I will rise. ’

64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, ⁴lest 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 ⁵a guard^[a] of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can. ”

66 So they went and made the tomb secure by ⁶sealing the stone and setting a guard.

Cross References

• 1. 27:62 Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14, 31, 42
• 2. 27:63 [ver. 64; John 7:12]
• 3. 27:63 ch. 16:21; 17:23; 20:19; 28:6; Mark 8:31; 10:34; Luke 9:22; 18:33; 24:6, 7; [ch. 26:61; John 2:19]
• 4. 27:64 [ch. 28:13]
• 5. 27:65 ch. 28:11
• 6. 27:66 Dan. 6:17

Footnotes

• [a] 27:65 Or 'Take a guard'