...these words convey to Jews? Four-and-twenty hours after His burial they came to Pilate and said, " We remember that that deceiver said, while He was...command, therefore, that the sepulchre be made sure until Ike third day,"* Had that Sunday passed leaving the seal upon the tomb unbroken, the Pharisees would...

...understood to mean the same thing seems clear from Mtt. 27:63-64 which says: 'We remember that impostor said, while He was yet alive, After three days I will...that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day.' " Graham W. Scroggie, A Guide to the Gospels (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1995, 1948), 569-570....

...RESURRECTING: "Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the Chief Priests and the Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, sir,...that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day. . .so they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. " Matthew: 27:62-64,66...