Matthew 27:64

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • 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 wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

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    62Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

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

  • Matt 27:65-66
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    65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

    66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

  • Matt 28:11-14
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    11Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

    12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large 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 secure you.

  • Luke 24:5-7
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    5And as they were afraid, 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, The Son of man must be delivered 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 sepulchre, and departed.

  • Mark 16:2-8
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    2And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

    3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

    4And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

    5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

    6And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.

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

    8And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

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

    5And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.

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

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

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  • Matt 28:1-2
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    1In the end of the sabbath, 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 the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

  • John 20:1-2
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    1The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.

    2Then she runneth, 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 sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

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    1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

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

  • Luke 24:21-24
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    21But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.

    22Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;

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

    24And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, 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 risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

  • John 19:38
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  • Luke 23:53-54
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    53And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.

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  • 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.

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    29And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

    30But God raised him from the dead:

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    31For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

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    45Then cometh he to his 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.

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    19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

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    46And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

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    9And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.

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    10And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.