Matthew 27:62-66

The Tomb Is Sealed and Guarded

62 Now [on] the next day, which is after the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate,

63 saying, "Sir, we remember that [while] that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise.'

64 Therefore give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come [and] steal him and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make [it] as secure as you know how."

66 So they went with the guard of soldiers [and] made the tomb secure [by] sealing the stone.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("alive") which is understood as temporal
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("come") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [d]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went") has been translated as a finite verb
• [e]. *Here "[by]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sealing") which is understood as means