Matthew 27:65

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

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.