643 B
643 B
command that the tomb be made secure
"command your soldiers to guard the tomb"
his disciples may come and steal him ... say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and
"his disciples may ... tell the people that he has risen from the dead, and"
from the dead
From among all those who have died. The expression "the dead" describes all dead people together in the underworld. To rise from among them speaks of becoming alive again.
and the last deception will be worse than the first
"and if they deceive people by saying that, it will be worse than the way he deceived people before when he said that he was the Christ"