...had commenced." III. APPOINTMENT OF THE WATCH AT THE GKAVE OF JESUS. MATTH. xxvu. 62 — 67. 62. " Now, the next day, that followed the day of the preparation,...chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63. " Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I...

...destruction, and his body had been laid in Joseph's tomb, than the chief priests and pharisees apply to Pilate, saying, 'Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, after three davs. I will rise again. Com--- mand therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day,...

...had commenced." III. APPOINTMENT OF THE WATCH AT THE GRAVE OF JESUS. MATTH. xxvu. 62 — 67. 62. " Now, the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees tame together unto Pilate, 63. " Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet...

...departed. 61 And there was Mary Magdalenet and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. 62 í Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation,...chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63 Saying, Sir, AVC remember that that deceiver said, while he was yei alive, After three days I will...

...Sabbath began at sunset. To the passages already adduced, we add another, Mat. xxvii. 62, 63, 64. " Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and pharisees cauie together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive,...

...watch to be set over the sepulchre ; " but he omits the reason alleged for the request, viz. because that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, " After three days I will rise again. " § Yet it is highly material : for at the very time that Jesus predicted his resurrection, he predicted...

...chief priests and the Pharisees went in a body to Pilate, ' saying, "Sir, ts we have remembered how that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, 'After three days I will rise again.' Give orders, therefore, that the 64 sepulchre be guarded until the third day, or else his disciples...

...chief priests and Pharisees are shown saying to Pilate, "Sir, we remember that that deceiver [Jesus[ said, while he was yet alive, 'After three days I will rise again.'" (27:63) They suggest that precautions to be taken lest Jesus' disciples steal the body and then claim...

...crucial to the strategy. Keep in mind that "the next day" meant after sundown Wednesday, before dark: "Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation,...days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and...

...the Tomb Matthew 27:62-66 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief 25 priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying,...days I will rise again.' Command therefore that the tomb be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say...