Matthew 27:65
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
Pilate said vnto them, Yee haue a watch, goe your way, make it as sure as you can.
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11¶ Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
12And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
14And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
15So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
11¶ Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the citie, and shewed vnto the chiefe Priests all the things that were done.
12And when they were assembled with the Elders, and had taken counsell, they gaue large money vnto the souldiers,
13Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
14And if this come to the gouernours eares, wee will perswade him, and secure you.
15So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught. And this saying is commonly reported among the Iewes vntill this day.
- Proverbs 21:30Rank 3 from verse 65
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Matthew 27:65
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Sense 1: To remain awake, alert, attentive, vigilant, observant, or on guard. Sense 2: A guard or guard duty, a station or group keeping guard, or a division of the night so guarded.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
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Certain, firm, secure, dependable, or firmly established.
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64Command 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.
64Command therfore that the sepulchre be made sure, vntill the third day, lest his disciples come by night, & steale him away, and say vnto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last errour shalbe worse then the first.
65Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
65Pilate said vnto them, Yee haue a watch, goe your way, make it as sure as you can.
Selected passage66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
66So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.