Matthew 27:64

World English Bible (2000)

Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

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  • Matt 28:13 : 13 saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
  • Matt 12:45 : 45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."

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    62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

    63 saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'

  • Matt 27:65-66
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    65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can."

    66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

  • Matt 28:11-14
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    11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.

    12 When they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave a large amount of silver to the soldiers,

    13 saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

    14 If this comes to the governor's ears, we will persuade him and make you free of worry."

  • Luke 24:5-7
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    5 Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?

    6 He isn't here, but is risen. Remember what he told you when he was still in Galilee,

    7 saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"

  • Matt 27:60
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    60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

  • Mark 16:2-8
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    2 Very early on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen.

    3 They were saying among themselves, "Who will roll away the stone from the door of the tomb for us?"

    4 for it was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back.

    5 Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.

    6 He said to them, "Don't be amazed. You seek Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him!

    7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He goes before you into Galilee. There you will see him, as he said to you.'"

    8 They went out, and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had come on them. They said nothing to anyone; for they were afraid.

  • Matt 28:4-8
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    4 For fear of him, the guards shook, and became like dead men.

    5 The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.

    6 He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.

    7 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you."

    8 They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.

  • Matt 28:1-2
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    1 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

    2 Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.

  • John 20:1-2
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    1 Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the tomb.

    2 Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!"

  • John 20:9
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    9 For as yet they didn't know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

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    1 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.

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    22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

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    38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

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    53 He took it down, and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.

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    41 He came the third time, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

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    29 When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

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    45 Then he came to his disciples, and said to 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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