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65 Pilate said to them, “Take[a] a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.”

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  1. Matthew 27:65 tn Grk “You have a guard.”

66 So[a] they went with the soldiers[b] of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:66 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Pilate’s order.
  2. Matthew 27:66 tn Grk “with the guard.” The words “soldiers of the” have been supplied in the translation to prevent “guard” from being misunderstood as a single individual.