Matthew 27:66
And having gone, they made the tomb secure, with the security having sealed the stone.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
In Context
65Pilate said to them, Ye have security. Go, make it as secure as ye know how.
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them,
Matthew 27:60and laid it in his own new sepulcher, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, he departed.
Matthew 28:11Now while they were going, behold, some of the security having come into the city, reported to the chief priests all the things that happened.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 27:58-66
The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathæa, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: 58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting… Read the whole commentary →