Matthew 27:65 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Pilate said to them, “Take [a group of] guards [with you]; go and make the grave site as secure as you can.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Pilate said to them, You have a guard [of soldiers; take them and] go, make it as secure as you can. American Standard Version (1901) Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye can. Common English Bible Pilate replied, “You have soldiers for guard duty. Go and make it as secure as you know how.” Catholic Public Domain Version Pilate said to them: "You have a guard. Go, guard it as you know how." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Pilate saith to them: You have a guard; go, guard it as you know. |
Therefore, give the order to secure the grave site until the third day, so his disciples will not steal his body and then tell the people ‘He has risen from the dead.’ This last deception would be worse than the first one [i.e., the claim that Jesus rose from the dead would be worse than the claim that he was the Messiah].”
So, they went and secured the grave site, placing a [wax] seal on the stone, while the guards watched.