Matthew 28:13

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

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  • Matt 26:64 : 64 Jesus said to him,“You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

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  • Matt 28:14-15
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    14If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

    15So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day.

  • Matt 28:11-12
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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,

  • Matt 27:62-66
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    62The Guard at the Tomb The next day(which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

    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 26:45
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    45Then he came to the disciples and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

  • Mark 16:2-3
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    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?”

  • Mark 14:40-42
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    40When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him.

    41He came a third time and said to them,“Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

    42Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

  • Matt 28:4
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    4The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him.

  • Matt 28:6-8
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    6He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying.

    7Then 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!”

    8So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

  • Luke 22:45-46
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    45When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.

    46So he said to them,“Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!”

  • Matt 14:12
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    12Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.

  • Mark 14:37
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    37Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter,“Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn’t you stay awake for one hour?

  • Mark 16:7-8
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    7But 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.”

    8Then 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.

  • John 20:1-2
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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.

    2So 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!”

  • Matt 26:43
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    43He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open.

  • Mark 14:48
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    48Jesus said to them,“Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw?

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    25But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.

  • Matt 28:1-2
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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.

    2Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.

  • Luke 24:5
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    5The 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?

  • 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.

  • Matt 26:55
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    55At that moment Jesus said to the crowd,“Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me.

  • Mark 6:29
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    29When John’s disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

  • John 20:13
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    13They 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!”

  • Luke 24:22-24
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    22Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,

    23and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

    24Then 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.”

  • 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

  • Matt 13:28
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    28He said,‘An enemy has done this!’ So the slaves replied,‘Do you want us to go and gather it?’

  • Matt 27:60
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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.

  • John 11:13
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    13(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.)

  • Matt 27:1
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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.

  • Matt 26:40
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    40Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter,“So, couldn’t you stay awake with me for one hour?

  • Mark 13:36
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    36or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly.

  • Mark 14:46
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    46Then they took hold of him and arrested him.

  • Luke 24:7-8
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    7that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.”

    8Then the women remembered his words,