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(A) 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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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.

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64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come [a]by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 27:64 NU omits by night