Matthew 27
1 The leaders of the Jewish ceremonies got together with their law men called Pharisees, and they went to the Roman boss called Pilate.
2 They said, “Sir, we can remember what Jesus said while he was still alive. That man tried to get people to believe things that are not true. He said, ‘I will die, then 3 days later I will come alive again.’
3 So we want to stop his followers, so that they can’t come and steal his body, and then tell everyone he got up alive again. If they do that, we’ll be worse off than before. So we want somebody to look after the cave that has his body, and guard it properly for 3 days.”
4 Pilate said, “All right. You can take a mob of soldiers to guard that cave. And you can put some mud around the edge of that stone, so that we will know if somebody tries to move it. You know how to do that.”
5 So they did that. They put mud around the edge of the stone that blocked the cave. And they told the soldiers, “Guard this cave. Don’t let anyone touch it.”
Cross-references
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- 1Mrk 15:1, Luk 22:66, Mat 26:3–4, Mat 23:13
- 2Mat 20:19, Act 3:13, 1Ti 6:13, Luk 13:1, 2Ti 2:9, Luk 3:1, Act 12:6
- 3Luk 22:47–48, Luk 22:2–6, Mat 26:14–16, Mrk 14:43–46
- 4Gen 42:21–22, Tit 1:16, 1Pe 1:19
- 5Act 1:18–19, Luk 1:21
- 6Luk 6:7–9, Mat 23:24
- 8Act 1:19, Mat 28:15
- 9Mat 1:22
- 11Luk 23:2–3, Mrk 15:2–5, Mat 26:25, Mat 2:2, Mat 26:64, Mrk 14:62, 1Ti 6:13
- 12Mat 26:63, Mat 27:14, Act 8:32, Mrk 15:3–5, 1Pe 2:23
- 13Mat 26:62, Act 22:24
- 141Co 4:9
- 15Act 25:9, Act 24:27, Mrk 15:6–15, Mat 26:5, Luk 23:16
- 16Mrk 15:7, Rom 1:32, Act 3:14, Luk 23:18–19, Luk 23:25
- 17Mrk 15:9–12, Mat 27:21–22, Mat 1:16
- 18Mrk 15:10, Act 5:17, Gen 37:11, Act 7:9, Jas 4:5, Act 13:45
- 191Pe 2:22, Mat 27:24, Gen 31:29, Gen 20:3–6
- 20Act 3:14–15, Mrk 15:11, Luk 23:18–20, Act 14:18–19, Act 19:23–29
- 22Act 13:38, Mrk 15:12–14, Luk 23:20–24
- 23Act 7:57, Gen 37:18–19, Act 23:12–15, Act 23:10, Act 22:22–23, Act 17:5–7
- 24Mat 27:4, Mat 26:5, 1Pe 3:18
- 25Act 5:28, Act 7:52, 1Th 2:15–16, Mat 23:30–37
- 26Mrk 15:15, Luk 23:16, Luk 23:24–25, Mrk 10:34, 1Pe 2:24
- 27Act 10:1, Mrk 15:16–20, Act 23:35, Act 27:1
- 28Mrk 15:17, Luk 23:11
- 29Mat 20:19, Mrk 15:18, Luk 23:36–37, Mat 26:49
- 30Mat 26:67, Mrk 15:19, Luk 18:32–33
- 31Mat 21:39, Act 7:58, Mat 20:19
- 32Mrk 15:21, Luk 23:26, Mat 16:24, Act 6:9, Act 2:10, Act 13:1, Act 11:20
- 33Mrk 15:22–32, Luk 23:44, Mrk 15:34
- 34Mrk 15:23, Mat 27:48
- 35Mrk 15:24–32, Act 4:10, Luk 23:34
- 36Mat 27:54, Mrk 15:39, Mrk 15:44
- 37Luk 23:38, Mrk 15:26
- 38Luk 23:39–43, Mat 27:44, Mrk 15:27, Luk 22:37, Luk 23:32–33
- 391Pe 2:22–24, Luk 23:35–39
- 40Mat 26:61, Mat 4:6, Mat 4:3, Mat 26:63–64, Luk 16:31, Mat 27:54
- 41Luk 22:52, Mrk 15:31–32, Luk 18:32
- 42Mat 27:37, Mat 2:2, Luk 19:38, Act 4:14
- 43Mat 27:40
- 44Mat 27:38, Luk 23:39–43, Mrk 15:32
- 45Mrk 15:33–34, Luk 23:44–45, Mrk 15:25
- 46Mrk 15:34, Luk 23:46
- 47Mrk 15:35–36, Mat 11:14
- 48Mat 27:34, Luk 23:36
- 50Luk 23:46, Mat 20:28, Mrk 15:37
- 51Mrk 15:38, Luk 23:45, Mat 27:54
- 521Th 4:14, 1Co 15:20, 1Th 5:10
- 54Mat 27:36, Mrk 15:39, Mat 27:43, Luk 23:47–49, Rom 1:4, Act 23:23, Act 27:43
- 55Luk 8:2–3, Luk 23:48–49, Luk 23:27–28
- 56Mat 28:1, Mrk 16:9, Mrk 15:47–16:1, Mat 27:61, Luk 24:10, Mat 13:55
- 57Mrk 15:42–47, Luk 23:50–56
- 58Luk 23:52–53, Mrk 15:44–46
- 60Mat 28:2, Mat 27:66, Luk 24:2, Mrk 16:3–4
- 61Mat 28:1, Mat 27:56
- 62Mrk 15:42, Act 4:27–28, Luk 23:54–56, Mat 26:17, Mat 27:1–2
- 63Luk 9:22, Mat 16:21, Mrk 10:34, Luk 18:33, Mat 17:23, Mrk 8:31, Mat 26:61
- 64Mat 28:13
- 65Mat 27:66, Mat 28:11–15
- 66Mat 27:60, Mat 28:2, 2Ti 2:19, Mat 28:11
Parallel passages
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- Jesus before PilateMat 27:11–26, Mrk 15:1–15, Luk 23:1–25
- The CrucifixionMat 27:32–44, Mrk 15:21–32, Luk 23:26–43
- The Death of JesusMat 27:45–56, Mrk 15:33–41, Luk 23:44–49
- The Burial of JesusMat 27:57–61, Mrk 15:42–47, Luk 23:50–56
Topics in this chapter
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Ablution, Aceldama, Afflictions and Adversities, Apostasy, Arimathea, Armies, Assault and Battery, Astronomy, Barabbas, Blasphemy, Blood, Bribery, Burial, Calvary, Capernaum, Centurion, Colors, Complicity, Conscience, Conscience Money, Conspiracy, Conviction, Court, Criminals, Cross, Crown, Crucifixion, Cruelty, Darkness, Dead (People), Death, Demagogism, Dream, Earthquakes, Envy, Fear, Friendship, Galilee, Gall, Golgotha, Government, Hand, Homicide, Hours, Hypocrisy, Impenitence, Indictments, Infidelity, Innocency, Inscriptions, Irony, James, Jerusalem, Jesus, the Christ, Joseph, Joses, Judas (Jude), Judge, Judgment-Seat, King, Lama Sabachthani, Legends (Inscriptions), Lot, the, Love, Malefactors (Criminals), Malice, Mary, Meekness, Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena, Minister, Christian, Mocking, Money, Month, Mortification, Opinion, Public, Passover, Persecution, Pilate, Pontius, Politics, Pottery, Prayer, Preparation Day, Presumption, Pretorium, Priest, Prisoners, Prophecy, Punishment, Purification, Quotations and Allusions, Reed, Remorse, Repentance, Responsibility, Resurrection, Reviling, Rich, the, Rulers, Sabbath, Salome, Sarcasm, Scoffing, Scourging, Scribe (S), Seal, Self-Control, Self-Defense, Simon, Soldiers, Spitting, Sponge, Stones, Strangers, Suicide, Sun, Superscription (Inscription), Symbols and Similitudes, Temple, Theft and Thieves, Thorn, Treason, Treasure-Houses, Vail, Verdict, Vinegar, Washing, Wine, Women, Zebedee