Matthew 27:51-66

51 ¹And behold, ²the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and ³the earth shook and the rocks were split.

52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had ⁴fallen asleep were raised;

53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered ⁵the holy city and appeared to many.

54 ⁶Now the centurion, and those who were with him ⁷keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ⁸the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, "Truly this was ⁹the Son of God!"

55 ¹⁰Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ¹¹ministering to Him.

56 Among them was ¹²Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and ¹³the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

57 ¹⁴When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

58 This man 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 cloth,

60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled ¹⁵a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

61 And ¹⁶Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.

62 Now on the next day, the day after ¹⁷the 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, '¹⁸After 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 ¹⁹guard; go, make it as secure as you know how."

66 And they went and made the grave secure, and along with ²⁰the guard they set a ²¹seal on ²²the stone.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 27:51-56: {Mark 15:38-41;} Luke 23:47-49
• 2. Exodus 26:31f; Mark 15:38; Luke 23:45; Hebrews 9:3
• 3. Matthew 27:54
• 4. Acts 7:60
• 5. Matthew 4:5
• 6. Mark 15:39; Luke 23:47
• 7. Matthew 27:36
• 8. Matthew 27:51
• 9. Matthew 4:3; Matthew 27:43
• 10. Mark 15:40; Luke 23:49; John 19:25
• 11. Mark 15:41; Luke 8:2, 3
• 12. Matthew 28:1; Mark 15:40, 47; Mark 16:9; Luke 8:2; John 19:25; John 20:1, 18
• 13. Matthew 20:20
• 14. Matthew 27:57-61: {Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42}
• 15. Matthew 27:66; Matthew 28:2; Mark 16:4
• 16. Matthew 27:56; Matthew 28:1
• 17. Mark 15:42; Luke 23:54; John 19:14, 31, 42
• 18. 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
• 19. Matthew 27:66; Matthew 28:11
• 20. Matthew 27:65; Matthew 28:11
• 21. Daniel 6:17
• 22. Matthew 27:60; Matthew 28:2; Mark 16:4

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "curtain"
• [b]. Or "holy ones"
• [c]. Or "a son of God" or "a son of a god"
• [d]. Or "caring for Him"
• [e]. Lit "which is after"