Matthew 27:62-66
62Now on the next day, 1the day after athe 2Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, 63and said, “Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘aAfter three days I am to rise again.’ 64“Therefore, order for the grave to be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come and steal Him away and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.” 65Pilate said to them, “You have a aguard; go, make it as secure as you know how.” 66And they went and made the grave secure, and along with athe guard they set a bseal on cthe stone.