Focused Passage

Matthew 27:62-66

Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded

Matthew 27 moves from Jesus handed over to Pilate, to Judas’s remorse over innocent blood, to Pilate’s trial and the release of Barabbas, to the soldiers’ mock coronation, to the crucifixion at Golgotha, to the public mockery of the crucified King, to darkness and Jesus’ cry of forsakenness, to his death and cosmic-temple signs, to Gentile confession and women’s witness, to burial by Joseph, and finally to the sealed and guarded tomb.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

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

64 So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”

65 “You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

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

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Verse 62

Cross-references

Luke 23:54 Classic cross-references Mark 15:42 Classic cross-references John 19:14 Classic cross-references John 19:42 Classic cross-references John 16:20 Classic cross-references

Original words

- δὲ G1161 Conjunction The Τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular next day ἐπαύριον G1887 Adverb the one ἥτις G3748 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular - ἐστὶν G1510 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular after μετὰ G3326 Preposition - τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Preparation Day Παρασκευήν G3904 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular the οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural chief priests ἀρχιερεῖς G749 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural Pharisees Φαρισαῖοι G5330 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural assembled συνήχθησαν G4863 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural before πρὸς G4314 Preposition Pilate Πιλᾶτον G4091 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular

Verse 63

Cross-references

Proverbs 19:21 Classic cross-references Matthew 12:40 Classic cross-references Matthew 28:6 Classic cross-references Luke 9:22 Classic cross-references Matthew 16:21 Classic cross-references

Original words

Sir Κύριε G2962 Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular they said λέγοντες G3004 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural we remember ἐμνήσθημεν G3403 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction while ἔτι G2089 Adverb He was alive ζῶν G2198 Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular that ἐκεῖνος G1565 Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular - ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular deceiver πλάνος G4108 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular said εἶπεν G2036 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular After Μετὰ G3326 Preposition three τρεῖς G5140 Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural days ἡμέρας G2250 Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural I will rise again ἐγείρομαι G1453 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular

Verse 64

Cross-references

Esther 5:1 Classic cross-references John 20:1 Classic cross-references Matthew 28:13 Classic cross-references

Original words

So οὖν G3767 Conjunction give the order that κέλευσον G2753 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular tomb τάφον G5028 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular be secured ἀσφαλισθῆναι G805 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive until ἕως G2193 Preposition the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular third τρίτης G5154 Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular day ἡμέρας G2250 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Otherwise μή‿ G3361 Adverb . . . ποτε G4219 Conjunction His αὐτοῦ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural disciples μαθηταὶ G3101 Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural may come ἐλθόντες G2064 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural [and] steal Him away κλέψωσιν G2813 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural . . . αὐτὸν G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction tell εἴπωσιν G2036 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural the τῷ G3588 Article - Dative Masculine Singular people λαῷ G2992 Noun - Dative Masculine Singular He has risen Ἠγέρθη G1453 Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular from ἀπὸ G575 Preposition the τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Masculine Plural dead νεκρῶν G3498 Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural And καὶ G2532 Conjunction [this] ἡ G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular last ἐσχάτη G2078 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular deception πλάνη G4106 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular would be ἔσται G1510 Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular worse χείρων G5501 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular - Comparative than the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular first πρώτης G4413 Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular

Verse 65

Cross-references

Matthew 27:66 Classic cross-references Matthew 28:4 Classic cross-references

Original words

You have Ἔχετε G2192 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural a guard κουστωδίαν G2892 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular - ὁ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Pilate Πιλᾶτος G4091 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular said Ἔφη G5346 Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular . . . αὐτοῖς G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Go ὑπάγετε G5217 Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural make [the tomb as] secure ἀσφαλίσασθε G805 Verb - Aorist Imperative Middle - 2nd Person Plural as ὡς G5613 Adverb you know [how] οἴδατε G1492 Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural

Verse 66

Cross-references

Daniel 6:17 Classic cross-references Matthew 27:60 Classic cross-references Matthew 27:65 Classic cross-references Revelation 20:3 Classic cross-references Joshua 10:18 Classic cross-references

Original words

So δὲ G1161 Conjunction - οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural they went [and] πορευθέντες G4198 Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural vvv τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular vvv τάφον G5028 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular secured the tomb ἠσφαλίσαντο G805 Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural by sealing σφραγίσαντες G4972 Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural the τὸν G3588 Article - Accusative Masculine Singular stone λίθον G3037 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular [and posting] μετὰ G3326 Preposition the τῆς G3588 Article - Genitive Feminine Singular guard κουστωδίας G2892 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular

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