Matthew 27:65 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶⁵ Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶⁵ Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶⁵ 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)

⁶⁵ Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye can.

Common English Bible

⁶⁵ Pilate replied, “You have soldiers for guard duty. Go and make it as secure as you know how.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶⁵ Pilate said to them: "You have a guard. Go, guard it as you know how."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶⁵ Pilate saith to them: You have a guard; go, guard it as you know.

Matthew 27:65 Cross References

Psalm 76:10

Human wrath serves only to praise you, when you bind the last bit of your wrath around you.

Proverbs 21:30

No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.

Matthew 27:64

Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise, his disciples may go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception would be worse than the first.”

Matthew 27:66

So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.