60. And he laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a large stone up to the door of the tomb and went away.
61. Now Miriam from Magdala was there, and the other Miriam, sitting opposite the tomb.
62. Now on the next day, which is after the preparation, the ruling kohanim and Pharisees were gathered before Pilate.
63. “Sir,” they said, “we remember how that deceiver said while He was still alive, ‘After three days I’m to be raised.’
64. Therefore, order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, so His disciples do not come and steal Him away. They will tell the people, ‘He is risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first!”
65. “You have a guard,” Pilate said to them. “Go, make it as secure as you know how.”
66. So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone along with the soldiers of the guard.