Study it in the app“So order the grave to be made secure until the third day, so that his disciples may not come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.””
Soοὖνorderκέλευσονthe graveτὸν τάφονto be made secureἀσφαλισθῆναιuntilἕωςthe thirdτῆς τρίτηςday,ἡμέραςso thatμήποτεhis disciplesοἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦmay notμήποτεcomeἐλθόντεςandstealκλέψωσινhimαὐτὸνandκαὶsayεἴπωσινto the people,τῷ λαῷ‘He has been raisedἨγέρθηfromἀπὸthe dead,’τῶν νεκρῶνandκαὶthe lastἡ ἐσχάτηdeceptionπλάνηwill beἔσταιworseχείρωνthan the first.”τῆς πρώτης
order, command
Order, command, give the word for something to be done.
Where else “keleuson” appearstomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “taphon” appearssecure, make fast
Secure, make firm, guard; fasten.
Where else “asphalisthēnai” appearsthird
The one after the second; above all, the third day.
Where else “tritēs” appearsday
A span counted on the calendar: “on the third day,” “forty days.”
Where else “hēmeras” appearslest
Expresses fear that something bad may happen, so as to avoid it.
Where else “mēpote” appearsdisciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētai” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthontes” appearssteal
Steal.
Where else “klepsōsin” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipōsin” appearscrowd
The crowd gathered to listen.
Where else “laōi” appearsraise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “Ēgerthē” appearsdead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekrōn” appearslast
The one who comes behind all, in line or in esteem.
Where else “eschatē” appearserror, deception
Deception, error.
Where else “planē” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estai” appearsworse
Worse.
Where else “cheirōn” appearsfirst
The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.
Where else “prōtēs” appears63and said, “Sir, we remember that that impostor said while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will be raised.’
64 · This verse (above)
65Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it secure as you know how.”
1. What it says
What did Pilate ask Jesus, and how did Jesus answer (v. 11)?
2. What it means
What happened when Jesus died, and what did the centurion and those with him say (vv. 50–54)?
3. How I live it
Joseph of Arimathea asked for Jesus' body and buried it with care (vv. 57–60). What gesture of respect can you offer someone grieving?
