Text -- Matthew 27:64-66 (NET)

27:64 So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” 27:65 Pilate said to them, “Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can.” 27:66 So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Mat 27:64

¹ tn Grk “him.”

NET Notes: Mat 27:65

¹ tn Grk “You have a guard.”

NET Notes: Mat 27:66

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of Pilate’s order.

² 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.