Matthew 27:64 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁶⁴ So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶⁴ Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶⁴ Therefore give an order to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, for fear that His disciples will come and steal Him away and tell the people that He has risen from the dead, and the last deception and fraud will be worse than the first.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶⁴ Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

Common English Bible

⁶⁴ Therefore, order the grave to be sealed until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people, ‘He’s been raised from the dead.’ This last deception will be worse than the first.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶⁴ Therefore, order the sepulcher to be guarded until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples may come and steal him, and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' And this last error would be worse than the first."

Matthew 27:64 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 12:45

Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first. That is how it will be with this wicked generation.’

Matthew 27:63

‘Sir,’ they said, ‘we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, “After three days I will rise again.”

Matthew 27:65

‘Take a guard,’ Pilate answered. ‘Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.’

Matthew 28:13

telling them, ‘You are to say, “His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.”

1 Thessalonians 2:3

For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.