So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
Parallel translations
- KJV So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
- BSB So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
- NKJV So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.
- NASB And they went and made the tomb secure with the guard, sealing the stone.
- NLT So they sealed the tomb and posted guards to protect it.
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- Dan 6:17A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
- 2 Tim 2:19However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”
- Matt 28:2Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
- Matt 27:60and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.
- Matt 28:11Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
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