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NASB					Matt 27:66 And they went⁴¹⁹⁸ and made⁸⁰⁵ the grave⁵⁰²⁸ secure⁸⁰⁵, and along with ^Athe guard²⁸⁹² they set⁴⁹⁷² a ^Bseal⁴⁹⁷² on ^Cthe stone³⁰³⁷.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Matt 27:66 So they went and ¹made the tomb secure, and along with [stationing] a guard of soldiers [to be on watch] they set a seal on the stone.

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In ancient times a tomb was secured by stretching a cord across the stone, then sealing each end of the cord to the rock wall with wax. The wax was marked with the official Roman seal.

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Matt 27:65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how."

Dan 6:17 A stone was brought and laid over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed in regard to Daniel.

Matt 27:60 and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

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Greek Heb.

805

asphalizô; from 804; to make firm, secure:--fastened(1), made...secure(1), made secure(1), make...secure(1).

2892

koustôdia; of Lat. or.; a guard:--guard(3).

3037

lithos; a prim. word; a stone:--another(4), millstone*(1), stone(38), stone's(1), stones(15).

4198

poreuomai; from poros (a ford, passage); to go:--accompany*(1), am on my way(1), depart(1), departed(1), departure(1), following(3), go(69), go on their way(1), go away(1), goes(7), going(15), going away(2), gone(3), indulge(1), journey(1), journeying(2), leave(1), proceed(1), proceeded(2), pursued a course(1), sets(1), started(3), traveling(3), walking(1), way(6), went(22), went His way(1), went on their way(1), went their way(1).

4972

sphragizô; from 4973; to seal:--put...seal on(1), seal(2), sealed(9), set a seal on(1), set...seal to(2).

5028

taphos; from 2290; a burial, hence a grave:--grave(5), tombs(2).

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