Matthew 27:62-66

The Voice

⁶²The next day, which is the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate. ⁶³They reminded him that when Jesus was alive He had claimed that He would be raised from the dead after three days.

Chief Priests and Pharisees: ⁶⁴So please order someone to secure the tomb for at least three days. Otherwise His disciples might sneak in and steal His body away, and then claim that He has been raised from the dead. If that happens, then we would have been better off just leaving Him alive.

Pilate: ⁶⁵You have a guard. Go and secure the grave.

⁶⁶So they went to the tomb, sealed the stone in its mouth, and left the guard to keep watch.

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