¹⁷ And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

⁶⁰ and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

⁶¹ And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

⁶² Now on the morrow, which is `the day' after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

⁶³ saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.

⁶⁴ Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

⁶⁵ Pilate said unto them, Ye have a guard: go, make it `as' sure as ye can.

⁶⁶ So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.

⁴ And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.

²³ And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:

²⁴ who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.