Matthew 27:62

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Guard at the Tomb The next day(which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

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  • Mark 15:42 : 42 Jesus’ Burial Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation(that is, the day before the Sabbath),
  • John 19:14 : 14 (Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”
  • John 19:42 : 42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
  • John 19:31 : 31 Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath(for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.
  • Luke 23:54-56 : 54 It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning. 55 The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. 56 Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
  • Ps 2:1-6 : 1 Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail? 2 The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king. 3 They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!” 4 The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them. 5 Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying, 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
  • Matt 26:17 : 17 The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
  • Matt 27:1-2 : 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him. 2 They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

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  • Matt 27:63-66
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    63and said,“Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said,‘After three days I will rise again.’

    64So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people,‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

    65Pilate said to them,“Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.”

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

  • Matt 27:1-2
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    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.

    2They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.

  • Mark 15:42-43
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    42Jesus’ Burial Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation(that is, the day before the Sabbath),

    43Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

  • Luke 23:54-56
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    54It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning.

    55The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

    56Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

  • Matt 27:60-61
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    60and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.

    61(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)

  • Mark 15:1
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    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

  • Luke 22:66
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    66When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council

  • Mark 14:1
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    1The Plot Against Jesus Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

  • Matt 28:1
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    1The Resurrection Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.

  • Matt 26:2-3
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    2“You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

    3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas.

  • Acts 4:5
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    5On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

  • John 19:42
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    42And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.

  • Mark 16:1-3
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    1The Resurrection When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him.

    2And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.

    3They had been asking each other,“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

  • Luke 24:1-2
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    1The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.

    2They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,

  • John 20:1
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    1The Resurrection Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.

  • Matt 27:57-58
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    57Jesus’ Burial Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus.

    58He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.

  • Luke 22:2
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    2The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.

  • John 19:31
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    31Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath(for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims’ legs broken and the bodies taken down.

  • John 11:57
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    57(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.)

  • Matt 28:11-13
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    11The Guards’ Report While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.

    12After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

    13telling them,“You are to say,‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’

  • Luke 23:13
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    13Jesus Brought Before the Crowd Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the leaders, and the people,

  • Luke 23:1
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    1Jesus Brought Before Pilate Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

  • John 19:38
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    38Jesus’ Burial After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus(but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away.

  • Luke 23:52
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    52He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

  • Luke 24:20
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    20and how our chief priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

  • Luke 22:7
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    7The Passover Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

  • Luke 20:1
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    1The Authority of Jesus Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up

  • Matt 26:17
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    17The Passover Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said,“Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”

  • Matt 26:57
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    57Condemned by the Sanhedrin Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered.

  • John 18:28
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    28Jesus Brought Before Pilate Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence.(Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.

  • Mark 14:53
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    53Condemned by the Sanhedrin Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together.

  • John 19:14
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    14(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders,“Look, here is your king!”

  • Mark 11:27
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    27The Authority of Jesus They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him

  • Mark 15:47
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    47Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.

  • Matt 27:20
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    20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.