Matthew 27:65

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you know how.”

Cross References

Matthew 27:64

Therefore command that the tomb be secured until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, steal him away, and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead.’ This last deception would be worse than the first.”

Matthew 27:66

So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard of soldiers.