Matthew 27:66
So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
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- Dan 6:17 : 17 Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening to the den. The king sealed it with his signet ring and with those of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel.
- Matt 27:60 : 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.
- Matt 28:2 : 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.
- Matt 28:11 : 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.
- 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“The Lord knows those who are his,” and“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
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- Matt 27:59-657 verses89%
59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
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.”
65 Pilate said to them,“Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.”
- Mark 16:1-88 verses77%
1 The 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.
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.
5 Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.
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.
- Matt 28:11-144 verses76%
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.”
- Luke 24:1-33 verses75%
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,
3 but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
- Matt 28:1-22 verses74%
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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36 Then they sat down and kept guard over him there.
- Luke 23:53-564 verses72%
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.
- Mark 15:46-472 verses72%
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.
47 Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed.
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8 So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
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4 The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.
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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.
- John 20:1-33 verses71%
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!”
3 Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb.
- John 19:40-423 verses71%
40 Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs.
41 Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried.
42 And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus’ body there.
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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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6 Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there,
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9 and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
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29 When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
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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?
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12 Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.
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13 They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”
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11 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.
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7 After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.