Matthew 27:51–66

⁵¹And, behold, ^bthe veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and ^cthe earth did quake, and the rocks rent; ⁵²And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints ^dwhich slept arose, ⁵³And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into ^ethe holy city, and appeared unto many. ⁵⁴Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, ^fwatching Jesus, saw ^cthe earthquake, and ^gthose things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, ^hTruly this was the Son of God. ⁵⁵And ⁱmany women were there beholding ^jafar off, ^kwhich followed Jesus from Galilee, ^lministering unto him: ⁵⁶Among which was Mary ^mMagdalene, and ⁿMary the mother of ^oJames and Joses, and ^pthe mother of Zebedee’s children.

^57qWhen the even was come, there came a rich man of ^rArimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ ^sdisciple: ⁵⁸He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then ^tPilate commanded the body to be delivered. ⁵⁹And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰And laid it ^uin his own new tomb, which ^whe had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled ^xa great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. ⁶¹And there was ^yMary Magdalene, and ^ythe other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

⁶²Now the next day, that followed the day of the ^zpreparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, ⁶³Saying, Sir, we remember that that ^adeceiver said, while he was yet alive, ^bAfter three days I will rise again. ⁶⁴Command 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. ⁶⁵Pilate said unto them, Ye have ^ca watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. ⁶⁶So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, ^dsealing ^ethe stone, and setting ^ca watch.