65Pilate said to them, |You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.|


In Context

62 Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

63 saying, |Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'

64 Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first.|

65 Pilate said to them, |You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.|

66 So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.

Matthew 27:65 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

27:65"Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

27:65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it as'sure as ye can.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

27:65Pilate saith to them: You have a guard; go, guard it as you know.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:65And Pilate said to them, Ye have a watch: go, secure it as well as ye know how.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

27:65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

27:65Pilate said to them, Ye have a watch: go, make it as secure as ye can.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

27:65And Pilate said to them, 'Ye have a watch, go away, make secure — as ye have known;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

27:65Pilate said to them, You have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as you can.