Matthew 27:65
Pilate said to them,“Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.”
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- Matt 27:66 : 66 So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
- Matt 28:11-15 : 11 The Guards’ Report While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, 13 telling them,“You are to say,‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’ 14 If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.
- Ps 76:10 : 10 Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure.
- Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.
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66 So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
- Matt 27:60-645 verses82%
60 and 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.)
62 The Guard at the Tomb The next day(which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate
63 and said,“Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said,‘After three days I will rise again.’
64 So 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.”
- Matt 28:11-144 verses73%
11 The Guards’ Report While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened.
12 After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,
13 telling them,“You are to say,‘His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.’
14 If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
- Mark 16:6-83 verses71%
6 But he said to them,“Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him.
7 But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”
8 Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
- Mark 16:2-43 verses70%
2 And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
3 They had been asking each other,“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.
- Matt 28:4-85 verses70%
4 The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
5 But the angel said to the women,“Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.
6 He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.
7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples,‘He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!”
8 So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
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36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.
- Mark 15:44-463 verses68%
44 Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time.
45 When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46 After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb.
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38 Jesus’ 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.
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2 They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
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5 The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,“Why do you look for the living among the dead?
- Matt 28:1-22 verses67%
1 The 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.
2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
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37 What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!”
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22 Pilate answered,“What I have written, I have written.”
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58 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him.
- Luke 24:1-22 verses66%
1 The 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.
2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,
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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.
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1 Jesus 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 23:53-564 verses66%
53 Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried.
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.
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42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.
- John 20:1-22 verses66%
1 The 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.
2 So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them,“They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
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24 Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”
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22 Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,
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24 So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted.
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29 When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb.
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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.)
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37 Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,“Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?