Matthew 27:64

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.'

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  • Matt 28:13 : 13 saying, `Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him -- we being asleep;
  • Matt 12:45 : 45 then doth it go, and take with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having gone in they dwell there, and the last of that man doth become worse than the first; so shall it be also to this evil generation.'

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