Matthew 27:66 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁶⁶ So, they went and secured the grave site, placing a [wax] seal on the stone, while the guards watched.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶⁶ So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶⁶ So they went off and made the tomb secure by sealing the boulder, a guard of soldiers being with them and remaining to watch.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶⁶ So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

Common English Bible

⁶⁶ Then they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶⁶ Then, going out, they secured the sepulcher with guards, sealing the stone.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶⁶ And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards.

Matthew 27:66 Cross References

Matthew 27:60

and placed it in his own newly prepared grave, which he had cut out of [a ledge of] rock. Then he [had] a huge stone rolled across the entrance of the grave and went away.

Matthew 27:65

Pilate said to them, “Take [a group of] guards [with you]; go and make the grave site as secure as you can.”

Matthew 28:11

Now while these women were on their way, some of the guards entered the city and began telling the leading priests everything that had happened.

Matthew 28:2

Now there had been a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord had descended from heaven and, [having] come to roll away the stone, was [now] sitting on it.

Mark 16:4

And when they looked up, they saw that the stone had [already been] rolled away, and it was very large.

John 20:1

Now early [in the morning], while it was still dark on the first day of the week [i.e., Sunday], Mary from Magdala went to the [cave-like] tomb and saw the stone [had been] removed from [the entrance of] the tomb.

2 Timothy 2:19

However, the solid foundation of God stands firm. [Note: This probably refers to the church. See I Tim. 3:15]. It is sealed with these words [i.e., certifying God’s ownership and a commitment to Him]: “The Lord knows those who are His people,” [See Num. 16:5], and “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord should stop practicing wickedness.” [See Isa. 26:13].

Revelation 20:3

He threw him into the pit, and closed it and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended. After that time, he must be released for a short while.