Matthew 27:51–66

Signs Accompanying Jesus’ Death

Mark 15:38–41; Luke 23:45, 47–49

⁵¹Then, behold, ^vthe veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, ⁵²and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; ⁵³and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

^54wSo when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, ^x“Truly this was the Son of God!”

⁵⁵And many women ^ywho followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him, were there looking on from afar, ^56zamong whom were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and ⁵Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.

Jesus is Buried

Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–55; John 19:38–42

⁵⁷Now ^awhen evening had come, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. ⁵⁸This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given to him. ⁵⁹When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, ⁶⁰and ^blaid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed. ⁶¹And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting ⁶opposite the tomb.

⁶²On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate, ⁶³saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ^c‘After three days I will rise.’ ⁶⁴Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come ⁷by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”

⁶⁵Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how.” ⁶⁶So they went and made the tomb secure, ^dsealing the stone and setting the guard.