Matteus 27
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Det judiska rådet vill se Jesus dömd till döden
(Mark 15:1; Luk 23:1; Joh 18:28)
27 Tidigt nästa morgon beslöt alla översteprästerna och folkets ledare att de skulle försöka få Jesus avrättad. 2 Sedan lät de binda Jesus och förde bort honom och överlämnade honom till Pilatus, den romerska landshövdingen.[a]
Judas begår självmord
(Apg 1:16-20)
3 Men när Judas, som hade förrått honom, såg att man dömt Jesus ångrade han sig. Han gick tillbaka till översteprästerna och folkets ledare med de trettio silvermynten. 4 ”Jag har syndat”, sa han, ”för jag har förrått en oskyldig människa.” ”Jaha, och vad har det med oss att göra?” svarade de. ”Det är väl ditt problem.”
5 Då slängde Judas pengarna in i templet och gick bort och hängde sig.
6 Men översteprästerna samlade ihop pengarna och sa: ”De kan inte läggas i offerkistan, för de är pengar som betalats för ett mord.” 7 Så bestämde man sig istället för att köpa Krukmakaråkern till gravplats för främlingar. 8 Det är därför denna åker fortfarande kallas ”Blodsåkern”. 9 Så gick det i uppfyllelse som förutsagts genom profeten Jeremia: ”De tog de trettio silvermynten, det pris som han värderats till av Israels folk, 10 och köpte en åker av krukmakarna, precis som Herren befallt mig.”[b]
Jesus förhörs av Pilatus
(Mark 15:2-5; Luk 23:2-5; Joh 18:29-38)
11 Jesus ställdes nu inför den romerska landshövdingen, som frågade honom: ”Är du judarnas kung?” Men Jesus svarade: ”Det är du själv som säger det.”
12 Men när översteprästerna och folkets ledare började anklaga honom svarade han inte. 13 ”Hör du inte hur mycket de anklagar dig för?” undrade Pilatus. 14 Men till landshövdingens stora förvåning svarade inte Jesus på en enda fråga.
Pilatus dömer Jesus till döden
(Mark 15:6-15; Luk 23:13-25; Joh 18:39—19:16)
15 Vid påskhögtiden brukade landshövdingen alltid frige en fånge, vem som helst som folket ville ha fri. 16 Och just då satt en ökänd brottsling i fängelset. Han hette Jesus Barabbas. 17 När folket samlades frågade Pilatus dem: ”Vem ska jag släppa fri, Jesus Barabbas eller den Jesus som kallas Messias?” 18 Pilatus visste mycket väl att de hade överlämnat Jesus åt honom för att de var avundsjuka på Jesus.
19 Medan Pilatus satt där på domstolen fick han också ett meddelande från sin hustru, som varnade honom: ”Lämna den här rättfärdige mannen ifred, för jag har haft fruktansvärda mardrömmar i natt för hans skull.”
20 Men översteprästerna och folkets ledare övertalade folket att kräva att Barabbas skulle friges och att Jesus skulle dödas. 21 Så när landshövdingen nu frågade: ”Vilken av dessa två ska jag släppa?” ropade folket: ”Barabbas!”
22 ”Vad ska jag då göra med Jesus som kallas Messias?” undrade Pilatus. ”Låt honom bli korsfäst!” sa alla.
23 ”Men vad har han gjort för ont?” frågade Pilatus. Då ropade de ännu högre: ”Låt honom bli korsfäst!”
24 Och när Pilatus till slut insåg att ingenting hjälpte och att folket när som helst kunde ställa till med upplopp, tog han vatten och tvättade sina händer inför folkmassan och sa: ”Jag är oskyldig till den här mannens blod. Ansvaret är ert!”
25 Folket skrek tillbaka: ”Låt hans blod komma över oss och våra barn!”[c]
26 Då gav Pilatus efter och släppte Barabbas, men Jesus lät han piska och överlämnade honom sedan till att korsfästas.
De romerska soldaterna hånar Jesus
(Mark 15:16-20; Joh 19:2-3)
27 Landshövdingens soldater tog honom först till residenset, där hela vaktstyrkan kallades samman. 28 De tog av honom hans kläder och satte på honom en röd[d] soldatkappa 29 och gjorde en krona av törnen och de satte den på hans huvud. Sedan satte de en käpp i hans högra hand och föll på knä inför honom och hånade honom. ”Leve judarnas kung!” ropade de. 30 De spottade på honom och tog käppen och slog honom i huvudet.
31 Efter att ha hånat honom tog de av honom kappan och satte på honom hans egna kläder och förde bort honom för att korsfästas.
Jesus korsfästs
(Mark 15:21-32; Luk 23:26-43; Joh 19:17-24)
32 På vägen dit mötte de en man från Kyrene[e] som hette Simon. Honom tvingade de att bära Jesus kors. 33 Och när de kom ut till ett ställe som kallas Golgota, (vilket betyder Skalleplatsen), 34 gav de Jesus vin blandat med galla.[f] Men när han smakade på det, ville han inte dricka.
35 Sedan korsfäste de honom och delade hans kläder mellan sig genom att kasta lott, 36 och satte sig sedan ner för att vakta honom. 37 Ovanför Jesus huvud hade man satt upp en skylt för att visa vad han anklagades för, och texten löd: Detta är Jesus, judarnas kung.
38 Samtidigt med Jesus blev också två brottslingar korsfästa, en på var sida om honom. 39 De som gick förbi hånade Jesus och skakade på huvudet 40 och sa: ”Var det inte du som skulle riva ner templet och bygga upp det igen på tre dagar? Om du är Guds Son, så rädda dig själv nu och kliv ner från korset!”
41 Även översteprästerna och de skriftlärda och folkets ledare gjorde sig lustiga över honom. 42 ”Han var bra på att rädda andra”, sa de, ”men han kan inte rädda sig själv! Skulle han vara Israels kung? Ja, om han kliver ner från korset, då ska vi tro på honom! 43 Han förlitar sig ju på Gud. Låt nu Gud rädda honom, eftersom han älskar honom.[g] Han har ju sagt att han är Guds Son.”
44 Och på samma sätt blev han hånad av de båda brottslingar som var korsfästa tillsammans med honom.
Jesus dör på korset
(Mark 15:33-41; Luk 23:44-49; Joh 19:28-30)
45 När klockan var tolv blev det mörkt över hela jorden, och mörkret varade ända fram till klockan tre. 46 Och när klockan var runt tre ropade Jesus med hög röst: ”Eli, Eli, lema sabachtani?” (det betyder: ”Min Gud, min Gud, varför har du övergett mig?”).[h]
47 Några av dem som stod där hörde det och sa: ”Han ropar på Elia!”[i] 48 En av dem sprang snabbt bort och fyllde en svamp med surt vin och satte den på en käpp och höll upp den så att han kunde dricka. 49 Men de andra sa: ”Låt oss se om Elia kommer och räddar honom!”
50 Men Jesus ropade än en gång med hög röst och gav upp andan. 51 Och se, då brast förhänget i templet[j] i två delar, uppifrån och ända ned. Marken skakade och klipporna bröts sönder, 52 gravarna öppnade sig, och många avlidna heligas kroppar uppstod till liv. 53 De lämnade sina gravar, och när Jesus hade uppstått från de döda, gick de in i den heliga staden och visade sig för många.
54 Den romerska officeren och de soldater som höll vakt blev fruktansvärt rädda när de såg jordbävningen och allt som hände, och de ropade: ”Den mannen var verkligen Guds Son!”
55 Många kvinnor stod också en bit bort och såg på. De hade följt med Jesus från Galileen för att hjälpa honom. 56 Bland dem var Maria från Magdala och den Maria som var mor till Jakob och Josef, och modern till Sebedaios söner.
Jesus begravs
(Mark 15:42-47; Luk 23:50-56; Joh 19:38-42)
57 På kvällen kom Josef, en rik man från Arimataia, som också hade blivit en av Jesus lärjungar. 58 Han gick till Pilatus och bad om Jesus kropp, och Pilatus gav order om att den skulle lämnas till honom. 59 Josef tog då kroppen, lindade den i rent linnetyg 60 och lade den i en ny grav, som han hade låtit hugga ut i berget till sig själv. Sedan rullade han en stor sten framför ingången till graven och gick därifrån. 61 Både Maria från Magdala och den andra Maria var där och satt i närheten av graven.
Vakter placeras vid graven
62 Nästa dag, som var dagen efter förberedelsedagen[k], kom översteprästerna och fariseerna till Pilatus 63 och sa: ”Vi har kommit att tänka på att den lögnaren en gång, medan han fortfarande levde, sa att han skulle uppstå efter tre dagar. 64 Ge därför order om att graven bevakas i tre dagar, så att hans lärjungar inte kan komma och stjäla kroppen och sedan säga till alla att han har uppstått från de döda. För då skulle det senare bedrägeriet bli ännu större än det förra.” 65 Pilatus svarade: ”Jag ska ge er vakter. Bevaka sedan graven så gott ni kan.”
66 Och de gick iväg och förseglade graven och placerade ut vakter.
Footnotes
- 27:2 Det judiska rådet hade inte rätt att verkställa dödsstraff, utan måste överlämna dessa fall till de romerska myndigheterna.
- 27:10 Citatet är en blandning av Sak 11:12-13 och flera ställen i Jeremia, bl.a. Jer 19:1-13; 32:6-9.
- 27:25 Ett sätt att uttrycka att de tog på sig ansvaret för Jesus avrättning kollektivt, inklusive deras barn.
- 27:28 Den röda färgen var en symbol för kunglig makt.
- 27:32 Kyrene var en stad i Libyen.
- 27:34 Vin blandat med galla var ett narkotiskt bedövningsmedel man gav till dem som skulle korsfästas.
- 27:43 Se Ps 22:9.
- 27:46 Jesus citerar Ps 22:2 på arameiska.
- 27:47 Jfr 2 Kung 2:1-11.
- 27:51 Framför det allra heligaste, ett rum längst in i templet, platsen för Guds närvaro. Den ende som fick gå in där var översteprästen, när han en gång om året offrade blod för att folket skulle få sina synder förlåtna.
- 27:62 Dagen efter förberedelsedagen var judarnas sabbat, den sjunde dagen, alltså lördagen.
Matthew 27
New International Version
Judas Hangs Himself
27 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed.(A) 2 So they bound him, led him away and handed him over(B) to Pilate the governor.(C)
3 When Judas, who had betrayed him,(D) saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver(E) to the chief priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”(F)
5 So Judas threw the money into the temple(G) and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.(H)
6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood(I) to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:(J) “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”[a](K)
Jesus Before Pilate(L)
11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”(M)
“You have said so,” Jesus replied.
12 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer.(N) 13 Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?”(O) 14 But Jesus made no reply,(P) not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor.
15 Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner(Q) chosen by the crowd. 16 At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus[b] Barabbas. 17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”(R) 18 For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.
19 While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat,(S) his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent(T) man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream(U) because of him.”
20 But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus executed.(V)
21 “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” asked the governor.
“Barabbas,” they answered.
22 “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called the Messiah?”(W) Pilate asked.
They all answered, “Crucify him!”
23 “Why? What crime has he committed?” asked Pilate.
But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify him!”
24 When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that instead an uproar(X) was starting, he took water and washed his hands(Y) in front of the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,”(Z) he said. “It is your responsibility!”(AA)
25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”(AB)
26 Then he released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged,(AC) and handed him over to be crucified.
The Soldiers Mock Jesus(AD)
27 Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium(AE) and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him,(AF) 29 and then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand. Then they knelt in front of him and mocked him. “Hail, king of the Jews!” they said.(AG) 30 They spit on him, and took the staff and struck him on the head again and again.(AH) 31 After they had mocked him, they took off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.(AI)
The Crucifixion of Jesus(AJ)
32 As they were going out,(AK) they met a man from Cyrene,(AL) named Simon, and they forced him to carry the cross.(AM) 33 They came to a place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”).(AN) 34 There they offered Jesus wine to drink, mixed with gall;(AO) but after tasting it, he refused to drink it. 35 When they had crucified him, they divided up his clothes by casting lots.(AP) 36 And sitting down, they kept watch(AQ) over him there. 37 Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.
38 Two rebels were crucified with him,(AR) one on his right and one on his left. 39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads(AS) 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days,(AT) save yourself!(AU) Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!”(AV) 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel!(AW) Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe(AX) in him. 43 He trusts in God. Let God rescue him(AY) now if he wants him, for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him.
The Death of Jesus(AZ)
45 From noon until three in the afternoon darkness(BA) came over all the land. 46 About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli,[c] lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).[d](BB)
47 When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
48 Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar,(BC) put it on a staff, and offered it to Jesus to drink. 49 The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.(BD)
51 At that moment the curtain of the temple(BE) was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split(BF) 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and[e] went into the holy city(BG) and appeared to many people.
54 When the centurion and those with him who were guarding(BH) Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God!”(BI)
55 Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.(BJ) 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph,[f] and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.(BK)
The Burial of Jesus(BL)
57 As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. 58 Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. 59 Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new tomb(BM) that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. 61 Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
The Guard at the Tomb
62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63 “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’(BN) 64 So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body(BO) and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
65 “Take a guard,”(BP) Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal(BQ) on the stone(BR) and posting the guard.(BS)
Footnotes
- Matthew 27:10 See Zech. 11:12,13; Jer. 19:1-13; 32:6-9.
- Matthew 27:16 Many manuscripts do not have Jesus; also in verse 17.
- Matthew 27:46 Some manuscripts Eloi, Eloi
- Matthew 27:46 Psalm 22:1
- Matthew 27:53 Or tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they
- Matthew 27:56 Greek Joses, a variant of Joseph
Matthew 27
Living Bible
27 When it was morning, the chief priests and Jewish leaders met again to discuss how to induce the Roman government to sentence Jesus to death.[a] 2 Then they sent him in chains to Pilate, the Roman governor.
3 About that time Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus had been condemned to die, changed his mind and deeply regretted what he had done,[b] and brought back the money to the chief priests and other Jewish leaders.
4 “I have sinned,” he declared, “for I have betrayed an innocent man.”
“That’s your problem,” they retorted.
5 Then he threw the money onto the floor of the Temple and went out and hanged himself. 6 The chief priests picked the money up. “We can’t put it in the collection,” they said, “since it’s against our laws to accept money paid for murder.”
7 They talked it over and finally decided to buy a certain field where the clay was used by potters, and to make it into a cemetery for foreigners who died in Jerusalem. 8 That is why the cemetery is still called “The Field of Blood.”
9 This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah which says,
“They took the thirty pieces of silver—the price at which he was valued by the people of Israel— 10 and purchased a field from the potters as the Lord directed me.”
11 Now Jesus was standing before Pilate, the Roman governor. “Are you the Jews’ Messiah?”[c] the governor asked him.
“Yes,” Jesus replied.
12 But when the chief priests and other Jewish leaders made their many accusations against him, Jesus remained silent.
13 “Don’t you hear what they are saying?” Pilate demanded.
14 But Jesus said nothing, much to the governor’s surprise.
15 Now the governor’s custom was to release one Jewish prisoner each year during the Passover celebration—anyone they wanted. 16 This year there was a particularly notorious criminal in jail named Barabbas, 17 and as the crowds gathered before Pilate’s house that morning he asked them, “Which shall I release to you—Barabbas, or Jesus your Messiah?”[d] 18 For he knew very well that the Jewish leaders had arrested Jesus out of envy because of his popularity with the people.
19 Just then, as he was presiding over the court, Pilate’s wife sent him this message: “Leave that good man alone; for I had a terrible nightmare concerning him last night.”
20 Meanwhile the chief priests and Jewish officials persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas’s release, and for Jesus’ death. 21 So when the governor asked again,[e] “Which of these two shall I release to you?” the crowd shouted back their reply: “Barabbas!”
22 “Then what shall I do with Jesus, your Messiah?” Pilate asked.
And they shouted, “Crucify him!”
23 “Why?” Pilate demanded. “What has he done wrong?” But they kept shouting, “Crucify! Crucify!”
24 When Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere and that a riot was developing, he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this good man. The responsibility is yours!”
25 And the mob yelled back, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
26 Then Pilate released Barabbas to them. And after he had whipped Jesus, he gave him to the Roman soldiers to be taken away and crucified. 27 But first they took him into the armory and called out the entire contingent. 28 They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and made a crown from long thorns and put it on his head, and placed a stick in his right hand as a scepter and knelt before him in mockery. “Hail, King of the Jews,” they yelled. 30 And they spat on him and grabbed the stick and beat him on the head with it.
31 After the mockery, they took off the robe and put his own garment on him again, and took him out to crucify him.
32 As they were on the way to the execution grounds they came across a man from Cyrene, in Africa—Simon was his name—and forced him to carry Jesus’ cross. 33 Then they went out to an area known as Golgotha, that is, “Skull Hill,” 34 where the soldiers gave him drugged wine to drink; but when he had tasted it, he refused.
35 After the crucifixion, the soldiers threw dice to divide up his clothes among themselves. 36 Then they sat around and watched him as he hung there. 37 And they put a sign above his head, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”
38 Two robbers were also crucified there that morning, one on either side of him. 39 And the people passing by hurled abuse, shaking their heads at him and saying, 40 “So! You can destroy the Temple and build it again in three days, can you? Well, then, come on down from the cross if you are the Son of God!”
41-43 And the chief priests and Jewish leaders also mocked him. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So you are the King of Israel, are you? Come down from the cross and we’ll believe you! He trusted God—let God show his approval by delivering him! Didn’t he say, ‘I am God’s Son’?”
44 And the robbers also threw the same in his teeth.
45 That afternoon, the whole earth[f] was covered with darkness for three hours, from noon until three o’clock.
46 About three o’clock, Jesus shouted, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
47 Some of the bystanders misunderstood and thought he was calling for Elijah. 48 One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine and put it on a stick and held it up to him to drink. 49 But the rest said, “Leave him alone. Let’s see whether Elijah will come and save him.”
50 Then Jesus shouted out again, dismissed his spirit, and died.
51 And look! The curtain secluding the Holiest Place[g] in the Temple was split apart from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and rocks broke, 52 and tombs opened, and many godly men and women who had died came back to life again. 53 After Jesus’ resurrection, they left the cemetery and went into Jerusalem, and appeared to many people there.
54 The soldiers at the crucifixion and their sergeant were terribly frightened by the earthquake and all that happened. They exclaimed, “Surely this was God’s Son.”[h]
55 And many women who had come down from Galilee with Jesus to care for him were watching from a distance. 56 Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of James and John (the sons of Zebedee).
57 When evening came, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, one of Jesus’ followers, 58 went to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. And Pilate issued an order to release it to him. 59 Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and placed it in his own new rock-hewn tomb, and rolled a great stone across the entrance as he left. 61 Both Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting nearby watching.
62 The next day—at the close of the first day of the Passover ceremonies[i]—the chief priests and Pharisees went to Pilate, 63 and told him, “Sir, that liar once said, ‘After three days I will come back to life again.’ 64 So we request an order from you sealing the tomb until the third day, to prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his body and then telling everyone he came back to life! If that happens, we’ll be worse off than we were at first.”
65 “Use your own Temple police,” Pilate told them. “They can guard it safely enough.”
66 So they sealed the stone[j] and posted guards to protect it from intrusion.
Footnotes
- Matthew 27:1 to sentence Jesus to death, literally, “took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.” They did not have the authority themselves.
- Matthew 27:3 deeply regretted what he had done, literally, “repented himself.”
- Matthew 27:11 the Jews’ Messiah, literally, “the ‘King’ of the Jews.”
- Matthew 27:17 Jesus your Messiah, literally, “Jesus who is called Christ.”
- Matthew 27:21 when the governor asked again, implied.
- Matthew 27:45 earth, or “land.”
- Matthew 27:51 secluding the Holiest Place, implied.
- Matthew 27:54 God’s Son, or “a godly man.”
- Matthew 27:62 at the close of the first day of the Passover ceremonies, implied; literally, “on the morrow, which is after the Preparation.”
- Matthew 27:66 So they sealed the stone. This was done by stringing a cord across the rock, the cord being sealed at each end with clay.
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