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63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said while he was still alive, ‘I will be raised after three days.’ 64 Therefore, order the tomb to be secured until the third day, or his disciples may go and steal him and then tell the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead.’ Then the last deception would be worse than the first one.”

65 Pilate told them, “You have[a] a military guard. Go and make the tomb[b] as secure as you know how.”

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  1. Matthew 27:65 Or Take
  2. Matthew 27:65 Lit. it