Matthew 27:51-66

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51 ^aAnd behold, ^bthe ¹veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom; and ^cthe earth shook and the rocks were split. 52 And the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the ¹saints who had ^afallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered ^athe holy city and appeared to many. 54 ^aNow the centurion, and those who were with him ^bkeeping guard over Jesus, when they saw ^cthe earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, “Truly this was ^dGod’s Son!”
55 ^aAnd many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ¹^bministering to Him. 56 Among them was ^aMary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and ^bthe mother of the sons of Zebedee.

Jesus Is Buried

57 ^aNow when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. 58 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. 59 And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled ^aa large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away. 61 And ^aMary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave.
62 Now on the next day, ¹the day after ^athe ²Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, 63 and said, “Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘^aAfter three days I am to rise again.’ 64 Therefore, order for the grave to be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a ^aguard; go, make it as secure as you know how.” 66 And they went and made the grave secure, and along with ^athe guard they set a ^bseal on ^cthe stone.

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