Matthew 27:63

Matthew 27:63 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
• New International Version (NIV)“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
• New King James Version (NKJV)saying, “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)They told him, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver once said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise from the dead.’

Context of Matthew 27:63

61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. 62The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.' 64Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last fraud will be worse than the first." 65Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can."

Matthew 27:63 word by word

λέγοντες· κύριε, ἐμνήσθημεν ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ὁ πλάνος εἶπεν ἔτι ζῶν· μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐγείρομαι.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Sirκύριοςkurios · lord: masterG2962
• we rememberμιμνήσκωmimnēskō · to rememberG3403
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• deceiverπλάνοςplanos · deceivingG4108
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• while he wasζάωzaō · to liveG2198
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• Afterμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• threeτρεῖςtreis tria · ThreeG5140
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• I will rise againἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453

Cross-references for Matthew 27:63

• Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
• John 7:12And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, "He is a good man," others said, "No, he is leading the people astray."
• 2 Corinthians 6:8through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;
• Matthew 16:21From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.
• Matthew 17:23and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were greatly distressed.
• Matthew 20:19and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day."
• Matthew 26:61and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.'"
• Mark 8:31And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
• Mark 10:34And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise."
• Luke 9:22saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised."
• Luke 18:33And after flogging him, they will kill him, and on the third day he will rise."
• Luke 24:6He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,
• John 2:19Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

Commentaries on Matthew 27:63

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 63Sir, we remember, etc. - While these wicked men are fulfilling their own vicious counsels, they are subserving the great cause of Christianity. Every thing depended on the resurrection of Christ; if it did not appear that he rose from the dead, then the whole system was false, and no atonement was made. It was necessary therefore that the chief priests, etc., should make use of every precaution to prevent an imposture, that the resurrection of Christ…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 63We remember - They had either heard him say this, or, more probably, had understood that this was one of his doctrines. That deceiver - One of the charges against him was that he deceived the people, John 7:12. By this title they still chose to designate him, thinking that his death had fully confirmed the truth of the charges against him.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 62-66Verses 62-66 On the Jewish sabbath, the chief priests and Pharisees, when they should have been at their devotions, were dealing with Pilate about securing the sepulchre. This was permitted that there might be certain proof of our Lord's resurrection. Pilate told them that they might secure the sepulchre as carefully as they could. They sealed the stone, and set a guard, and were satisfied that all needful care was taken. But to guard the sepulchre…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 62-66This event supports the truth of Jesus resurrection. It is very unlikely that Matthew invented the story, because many witnesses were alive who could have denied it.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6363. Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver--Never, remarks Bengel, will you find the heads of the people calling Jesus by His own name. And yet here there is betrayed a certain uneasiness, which one almost fancies they only tried to stifle in their own minds, as well as crush in Pilate's, in case he should have any lurking suspicion that he had done wrong in yielding to them. said, while he was yet alive--Important testimony this, from the lips of…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Matthew 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings