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.”

Cross References

Matthew 27:66

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

Matthew 27:64

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].”