Pilate said to them, “You have a guard. Go, make it as secure as you can.”
Parallel translations
- KJV Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
- BSB “You have a guard,” Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”
- NKJV Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go your way, make it as secure as you know how.”
- NASB Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.”
- NLT Pilate replied, “Take guards and secure it the best you can.”
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- Matt 27:66So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
- Matt 28:11–15Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
- Prov 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
- Ps 76:10Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
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