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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and said, "Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise.'
• 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 sitting there opposite the tomb. 62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ 64So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.” 65“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.”

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 have found this man subverting our nation. He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar and claims to be Messiah, a king.”
• John 7:12Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”
• 2 Corinthians 6:8through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;
• Matthew 16:21From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
• Matthew 17:23They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
• Matthew 20:19and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
• Matthew 26:61and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’ ”
• Mark 8:31He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
• Mark 10:34who will mock him and spit on him, flog him and kill him. Three days later he will rise.”
• Luke 9:22And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
• Luke 18:33they will flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
• Luke 24:6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
• John 2:19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

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