Matthew 27:64

American Standard Version (1901)

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 28:13 : 13 saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
  • Matt 12:45 : 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

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  • Matt 27:62-63
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    62Now on the morrow, which is [the day] after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

    63saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.

  • Matt 27:65-66
    2 verses
    82%

    65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it [as] sure as ye can.

    66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

  • Matt 28:11-14
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    80%

    11Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.

    12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave much money unto the soldiers,

    13saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

    14And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.

  • Luke 24:5-7
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    5and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

    6He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,

    7saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.

  • Matt 27:60
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    60and 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 tomb, and departed.

  • Mark 16:2-8
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    74%

    2And very early on the first day of the week, they come to the tomb when the sun was risen.

    3And they were saying among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the tomb?

    4and looking up, they see that the stone is rolled back: for it was exceeding great.

    5And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, arrayed in a white robe; and they were amazed.

    6And he saith unto them, Be not amazed: ye seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who hath been crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold, the place where they laid him!

    7But go, tell his disciples and Peter, He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.

    8And they went out, and fled from the tomb; for trembling and astonishment had come upon them: and they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.

  • Matt 28:4-8
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    4and for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became as dead men.

    5And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, who hath been crucified.

    6He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

    7And go quickly, and tell his disciples, He is risen from the dead; and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.

    8And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.

  • Matt 28:1-2
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    1Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

    2And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.

  • John 20:1-2
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    72%

    1Now on the first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away from the tomb.

    2She runneth therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.

  • John 20:9
    72%

    9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

  • Luke 24:1-2
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    1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came unto the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

    2And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

  • Luke 24:21-24
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    21But we hoped that it was he who should redeem Israel. Yea and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things came to pass.

    22Moreover certain women of our company amazed us, having been early at the tomb;

    23and when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.

    24And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.

  • John 2:22
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    22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

  • John 19:38
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    38And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him] leave. He came therefore, and took away his body.

  • Luke 23:53-54
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    70%

    53And he took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was hewn in stone, where never man had yet lain.

    54And it was the day of the Preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

  • Mark 14:41-42
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    41And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    42Arise, let us be going: behold, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

  • 1 Cor 15:4
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    4and that he was buried; and that he hath been raised on the third day according to the scriptures;

  • Acts 13:29-30
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    29And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

    30But God raised him from the dead:

  • Mark 9:31
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    31For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he shall rise again.

  • Matt 26:45
    69%

    45Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

  • Matt 20:19
    69%

    19and shall deliver him unto the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify: and the third day he shall be raised up.

  • Luke 24:46
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    46and he said unto them, Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer, and rise again from the dead the third day;

  • Luke 24:9
    69%

    9and returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest.

  • Mark 9:10
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    10And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the rising again from the dead should mean.