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Matthew 27:65-66
New English Translation
Matthew 27:65-66
New English Translation
65 Pilate said to them, “Take[a] a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.” 66 So[b] they went with the soldiers[c] of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.
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- Matthew 27:65 tn Grk “You have a guard.”
- Matthew 27:66 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Pilate’s order.
- Matthew 27:66 tn Grk “with the guard.” The words “soldiers of the” have been supplied in the translation to prevent “guard” from being misunderstood as a single individual.
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