Guarding the Tomb

⁶² Now on the next day, which is after the preparation, the ruling kohanim and Pharisees were gathered before Pilate. ⁶³ “Sir,” they said, “we remember how that deceiver said while He was still alive, ‘After three days I’m to be raised.’ ⁶⁴ Therefore, order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, so His disciples do not come and steal Him away. They will tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first!”