Matthew 27:65

65 “Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

Matthew 27:65 in Other Translations

KJV
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
ESV
65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can."
NLT
65 Pilate replied, “Take guards and secure it the best you can.”
MSG
65 Pilate told them, "You will have a guard. Go ahead and secure it the best you can."
CSB
65 "You have a guard [of soldiers]," Pilate told them. "Go and make it as secure as you know how."

Matthew 27:65 In-Context

63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
64 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 “Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 66; Matthew 28:11
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