Matthew 27:50-65

New American Standard Bible

⁵⁰And Jesus ^(A)cried out again with a loud voice, and gave up His spirit. ⁵¹^(B)And behold, ^(C)the ^[a]veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and ^(D)the earth shook and the rocks were split. ⁵²Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ^[b]saints who had ^(E)fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they entered ^(F)the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴^(G)Now as for the centurion and those who were with him ^(H)keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ^(I)the earthquake and the other things that were happening, they became extremely frightened and said, “Truly this was ^[c]^(J)the Son of God!”

⁵⁵^(K)And many women were there watching from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ^(L)caring for Him. ⁵⁶Among them were ^(M)Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and ^(N)the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

⁵⁷^(O)Now when it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea came, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock; and he rolled ^(P)a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹And ^(Q)Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

⁶²Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after ^(R)the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, ⁶³and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘^(S)After three days I am rising.’ ⁶⁴Therefore, give orders for the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a ^(T)guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.”