Matthew 27:66

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

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  • Dan 6:17 : 17 So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, 'May your God, whom you continually serve, rescue you!'
  • Matt 27:60 : 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.
  • Matt 28:2 : 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.
  • Matt 28:11 : 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.
  • 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.'

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  • Matt 27:59-65
    7 verses
    89%

    59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    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.'

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

  • Mark 16:1-8
    8 verses
    77%

    1 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so they could go and anoint Jesus' body.

    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.

    5 As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

    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.

  • Matt 28:11-14
    4 verses
    76%

    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.'

  • Luke 24:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    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.

    3 But when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.

  • Matt 28:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Matt 27:36
    74%

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

  • Luke 23:53-56
    4 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Mark 15:46-47
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    72%

    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.

    47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were watching to see where He was placed.

  • Matt 28:8
    72%

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

  • Matt 28:4
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    4 The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

  • Acts 13:29
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    29 When they had fulfilled all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.

  • John 20:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    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.'

    3 Then Peter and the other disciple went out, heading for the tomb.

  • John 19:40-42
    3 verses
    71%

    40 Taking the body of Jesus, they wrapped it in linen cloths along with the spices, as is the Jewish burial custom.

    41 Now, there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had ever been laid.

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

  • Luke 24:24
    70%

    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.

  • Luke 24:22
    69%

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

  • John 20:6
    69%

    6 Then Simon Peter arrived, following him, and he went into the tomb. He saw the linen wraps lying there.

  • Luke 24:9
    69%

    9 Returning from the tomb, they reported all these things to the eleven and to all the others.

  • Mark 6:29
    69%

    29 When John's disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

  • Luke 24:5
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    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 14:12
    68%

    12 Then John's disciples came, took the body, buried it, and went and told Jesus.

  • John 20:13
    68%

    13 The angels said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' She said to them, 'Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.'

  • John 20:11
    68%

    11 Mary, however, stood outside the tomb, weeping. As she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb.

  • Matt 27:7
    68%

    7 So they consulted together and used the money to buy the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.