Matthew 27:64

James Moffatt - New Testament

Now then, give orders for the tomb to be kept secure till the third day, in case his disciples go and steal him and then tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' The end of the fraud will then be worse than the beginning of it."

Cross References

Matthew 28:13

and told them to say that "his disciples came at night and stole him when we were asleep."

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes off to fetch seven other spirits worse than itself; they go in and dwell there, and the last state of that man is worse than the first. This is how it will be with the present evil generation."

Matthew 27:63

and said, "We remember, sir, that when this impostor was alive he said, 'I will rise after three days.'

Matthew 27:65

Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers, go and make it as secure as you can."

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For the appeal we make does not spring from any delusion or from impure motives — it does not work by cunning;