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Matthew 27:65

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

KJV

ἔφη αὐτοῖς ὁ Πειλᾶτος· ἔχετε κουστωδίαν· ὑπάγετε ἀσφαλίσασθε ὡς οἴδατε.

Greek NT

Ait illis Pilatus : Habetis custodiam, ite, custodite sicut scitis.

Vulgate

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

ASV

Pilate saith to them: You have a guard. Go, guard it as you know.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People Pontius Pilate

In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Πιλᾶτος
pilatos
noun · 55×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
κουστωδία
koustodia
noun · 3×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
ἀσφαλίζω
asphalizo
verb · 4×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπάγω
upago
verb · 81×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ἔφη | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔφη | RP: + δὲ
  • ἔφηSBLGNT
  • ἔφηWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Matt 27:66 — So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
  • Matt 28:4 — And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.