Matthew 27:55-66

English Standard Version

⁵⁵ There were also ^(A)many women there, looking on ^(B)from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ^(C)ministering to him, ⁵⁶ among whom were ^(D)Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and ^(E)the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

^57 (F)When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸ He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. ⁵⁹ And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud ⁶⁰ and ^(G)laid it in his own new tomb, ^(H)which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled ^(I)a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. ⁶¹ Mary Magdalene and ^(J)the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

The Guard at the Tomb

⁶² The next day, that is, after the day of ^(K)Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate ⁶³ and said, “Sir, we remember how ^(L)that impostor said, while he was still alive, ^(M)‘After three days I will rise.’ ⁶⁴ Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, ^(N)lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” ⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, “You have ^(O)a guard^[a] of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” ⁶⁶ So they went and made the tomb secure by ^(P)sealing the stone and setting a guard.