KJV King James Version
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can.
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Matthew 27:65
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
WEB World English Bible
Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”
ASV American Standard Version
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it as sure as ye can.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Pilate said to them, ‘Ye have a watch, go away, make secure—as ye have known;’
Surrounding context — Matthew 27
62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
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.
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can.
66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
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Matthew 27:66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.Matthew 28:11-15Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.Psalm 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.Proverbs 21:30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
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