"Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again." — Matthew 27:63

Matthew 27:63 · KJV

“Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.”

— Matthew 27:63

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

Command 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.

Matthew 27 — Context

And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make {it} as sure as ye can.

Cross References

Luke 9:22

Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

Matthew 16:21

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

John 2:19

Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

Mark 10:34

And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Matthew 17:23

And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

Luke 18:33

And they shall scourge {him}, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

Mark 8:31

And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.

Matthew 26:61

And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what {is it which} these witness against thee?