Matthew 27:65

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Pilate said to them, 'You have a guard of soldiers; go and make the tomb as secure as you know how.'

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  • Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
  • Matt 28:11-15 : 11 While they were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 The chief priests met with the elders, and after consulting together, they gave the soldiers a large amount of silver money. 13 They instructed them, 'Say this: “His disciples came during the night and stole Him away while we were asleep.”' 14 'If this is reported to the governor, we will persuade him and keep you out of trouble.' 15 So they took the silver coins and did as they were instructed. This story has been spread among the Jews to this very day.
  • Ps 76:10 : 10 When God rose up to judge, to save all the humble of the earth. Selah.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.

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  • 66 So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

  • 82%

    60 and placed it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. He rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

    61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.

    62 The next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate.

    63 They said, 'Sir, we remember that while He was still alive, that deceiver said, "After three days I will rise again."'

    64 'So order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, or else His disciples may come and steal Him away, and tell the people, "He has been raised from the dead." This last deception would be worse than the first.'

  • 73%

    11 While they were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.

    12 The chief priests met with the elders, and after consulting together, they gave the soldiers a large amount of silver money.

    13 They instructed them, 'Say this: “His disciples came during the night and stole Him away while we were asleep.”'

    14 'If this is reported to the governor, we will persuade him and keep you out of trouble.'

  • Mark 16:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6 He said to them, 'Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. Look at the place where they laid him.'

    7 'But go, tell his disciples and Peter, "He is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you."'

    8 Trembling and bewildered, the women hurried away from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone because they were afraid.

  • Mark 16:2-4
    3 verses
    70%

    2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb.

    3 They were asking each other, 'Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?'

    4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled away.

  • Matt 28:4-8
    5 verses
    70%

    4 The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

    5 The angel spoke to the women, saying, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.'

    6 'He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He was lying.'

    7 'Then go quickly and tell His disciples, “He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see Him there.” Behold, I have told you.'

    8 So they hurried away from the tomb, filled with fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.

  • 36 Then they sat down and kept watch over Him there.

  • 68%

    44 Pilate was amazed that He was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died.

    45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he granted the body to Joseph.

    46 Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Jesus down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb that had been cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

  • 38 After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus but kept it secret because of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate for permission to take the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took the body.

  • 2 They tied Him up, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

  • 5 The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why are you looking for the living one among the dead?"

  • Matt 28:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1 After the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

    2 Suddenly, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven. Approaching the tomb, he rolled away the stone and sat on it.

  • 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: Stay alert!

  • 22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."

  • 58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be handed over to him.

  • Luke 24:1-2
    2 verses
    66%

    1 On the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, carrying the spices they had prepared, and some other women were with them.

    2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb.

  • 31 Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Since the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies to remain on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.

  • 1 At once, early in the morning, the chief priests, along with the elders, scribes, and the entire council, held a consultation. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.

  • 66%

    53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock, where no one had yet been laid.

    54 It was the Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.

    55 The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed and saw the tomb and how His body was placed in it.

    56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

  • 42 Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

  • John 20:1-2
    2 verses
    66%

    1 On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and she saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.

    2 So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and she said to them, 'They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have put him.'

  • 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.

  • 22 In addition, some women of our group amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning,

  • 24 So Pilate decided to grant their demand.

  • 29 When they had fulfilled all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

  • 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report it so that they could arrest him.

  • 37 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. "Simon," he said to Peter, "are you asleep? Couldn't you keep watch for one hour?