Matthew 27:51–66

⁵¹and lo, the vail of the sanctuary was rent in two from top unto bottom, and the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent, ⁵²and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who have fallen asleep, arose, ⁵³and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many. ⁵⁴And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, ‘Truly this was God’s Son.’ ⁵⁵And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, ⁵⁶among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and of Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

⁵⁷And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus, ⁵⁸he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back. ⁵⁹And having taken the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen, ⁶⁰and laid it in his new tomb, that he hewed in the rock, and having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he went away; ⁶¹and there were there Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over-against the sepulchre. ⁶²And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate, ⁶³saying, ‘Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise; ⁶⁴command, then, the sepulchre to be made secure till the third day, lest his disciples, having come by night, may steal him away, and may say to the people, He rose from the dead, and the last deceit shall be worse than the first.’ ⁶⁵And Pilate said to them, ‘Ye have a watch, go away, make secure—as ye have known;’ ⁶⁶and they, having gone, did make the sepulchre secure, having sealed the stone, together with the watch.

Chapter 28