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Matthew 27:66

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.

KJV

οἱ δὲ πορευθέντες ἠσφαλίσαντο τὸν τάφον, σφραγίσαντες τὸν λίθον μετὰ τῆς κουστωδίας.

Greek NT

Illi autem abeuntes, munierunt sepulchrum, signantes lapidem, cum custodibus.

Vulgate

So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

ASV

And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone and setting guards.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κουστωδία
koustodia
noun · 3×
λίθος
lithos
noun · 60×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
πορεύομαι
poreuomai
verb · 155×
σφραγίζω
sphragizo
verb · 15×
τάφος
taphos
noun · 7×
ἀσφαλίζω
asphalizo
verb · 4×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 6:17 — And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
  • Josh 10:18 — And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
  • Matt 27:60 — And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
  • Matt 27:65 — Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
  • Rev 20:3 — And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loose