Matthew 27:64

New Living Translation

So we request that you seal the tomb until the third day. This will prevent his disciples from coming and stealing his body and then telling everyone he was raised from the dead! If that happens, we’ll be worse off than we were at first.”

Cross References

Matthew 12:45

Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is worse off than before. That will be the experience of this evil generation.”

Matthew 27:63

They told him, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’

Matthew 27:65

Pilate replied, “Take guards and secure it the best you can.”

Matthew 28:13

They told the soldiers, “You must say, ‘Jesus’ disciples came during the night while we were sleeping, and they stole his body.’

1 Thessalonians 2:3

So you can see we were not preaching with any deceit or impure motives or trickery.