Matthew 27:63

The Tomb Is Sealed And Guarded

⁶² The next day, that is, the day after the [day of] preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate, ⁶³ and said, “Sir, we have remembered that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise [from the dead].’ ⁶⁴ Therefore, give orders to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception [the reporting of His resurrection] will be worse than the first [the reporting that He is the Messiah].”

Raised from the Dead

Three Days

Matthew 16:21

From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples [clearly] that He must go to Jerusalem, and endure many things at the hands of the elders and the chief priests and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), and be killed, and be raised [from death to life] on the third day.

Matthew 17:23

and they will kill Him, and He will be raised [from death to life] on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved and distressed.

Matthew 20:19

and will hand Him over to the Gentiles (Roman authorities) to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and He will be raised [to life] on the third day.”

Mark 8:31

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must [of necessity] suffer many things and be rejected [as the Messiah] by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and must be put to death, and after three days rise [from death to life].

Mark 10:34

They will mock and ridicule Him and spit on Him, and whip (scourge) Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise [from the dead].”

Luke 9:22

saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected [as the Messiah] by the elders and chief priests and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court), and be put to death, and on the third day be raised up [from death to life].”

Luke 18:33

and after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and on the third day He will rise [from the dead].”

Matthew 26:61

and testified, “This man said, ‘I am able to tear down the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

Luke 24:6-7

He is not here, but has risen. Remember how He told you, while He was still in Galilee,

John 2:19

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

John 7:12

There was a lot of whispered discussion and murmuring among the crowds about Him. Some were saying, “He is a good man”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He misleads the people [giving them false ideas].”

Luke 23:2

They began to accuse Jesus, asserting, “We found this Man misleading and perverting our nation and forbidding us to pay taxes to Caesar, and claiming that He Himself is Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), a King.”

John 7:47

Then the Pharisees said to them, “Have you also been deluded and swept off your feet?

2 Corinthians 6:8

amid glory and dishonor; by evil report and good report; branded as deceivers and yet [vindicated as] truthful;