Matthew 27:59-66

59 And Joseph took the body and 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 ¹a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

61 And ²Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.

62 Now on the next day, the day after ³the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

63 and said, "Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, '⁴After three days I am to rise again.'

64 "Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

65 Pilate said to them, "You have a ⁵guard; go, make it as secure as you know how."

66 And they went and made the grave secure, and along with ⁶the guard they set a ⁷seal on ⁸the stone.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 27:66; Matthew 28:2; Mark 16:4
• 2. Matthew 27:56; Matthew 28:1
• 3. Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14, 31, 42
• 4. Matthew 16:21; Matthew 17:23; Matthew 20:19; Mark 8:31; Mark 9:31; Mark 10:34; Luke 9:22; Luke 18:31-33
• 5. Matthew 27:66; Matthew 28:11
• 6. Matthew 27:65; Matthew 28:11
• 7. Daniel 6:17
• 8. Matthew 27:60; Matthew 28:2; Mark 16:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "which is after"