Matthew 27:62
“Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,”
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.
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Cross-References
“And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,”
“And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.”
“The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.”
“For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,”
“Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?”