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59 and Joseph having received the body, wrapped it in clean linen, 60 and placed it in a new sepulcher, which he hewed in the rock: and having rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, departed. 61 And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting in front of the tomb. 62 And on the following day, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate, saying, 63 Lord, we remember that that deceiver, while yet living, said, After three days I will rise. 64 Command therefore that the tomb be made safe until the third day, lest His disciples having come, may steal Him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error shall be worse than the first. 65 Pilate said to them, You have a watch: go, make it safe as you know. 66 And having gone, they secured the tomb, sealing the stone, with the guard. Matthew 27:59-66, Godbey New Testament. Public domain.
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