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58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
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Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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Joseph took the body, 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.
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and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
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Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
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The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
63
“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
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So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
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“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
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So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
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