Matthew 27:64
“Command therfore that the sepulchre be made sure, vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, & steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last errour shalbe worse then the first.”
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Matthew 27:64 Context
62¶ Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the chiefe Priests and Pharisees came together vnto Pilate, 63Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiuer said, while he was yet aliue, After three daies I wil rise againe. 64Command therfore that the sepulchre be made sure, vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, & steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last errour shalbe worse then the first. 65Pilate said vnto them, Yee haue a watch, goe your way, make it as sure as you can. 66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
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Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
- King James Version
"Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
- New American Standard Version (1995)