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Read›Matthew›Chapter 28

The Report of the Guards

Matthew 28:13

In 9 translations

BSB
and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’
KJV
Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
WEB
saying, “Say that his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.
ASV
saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
LSV
saying, “Say that His disciples having come by night, stole Him—we being asleep;
YLT
saying, 'Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him — we being asleep;
DBY
saying, Say that his disciples coming by night stole him [while] we [were] sleeping.
DRC
Saying: Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away when we were asleep.
GNV
Saying, Say, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
λέγοντες· Εἴπατε ὅτι Οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς ἐλθόντες ἔκλεψαν αὐτὸν ἡμῶν κοιμωμένων·
RP2018
λέγοντες, Εἴπατε ὅτι Οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς ἐλθόντες ἔκλεψαν αὐτὸν ἡμῶν κοιμωμένων.
TR-Boyd
λέγοντες, Εἴπατε ὅτι Οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς ἐλθόντες ἔκλεψαν αὐτὸν ἡμῶν κοιμωμένων.
SCR1894
λεγοντες ειπατε οτι οι μαθηται αυτου νυκτος ελθοντες εκλεψαν αυτον ημων κοιμωμενων

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◆ Holy Week◆ Resurrection and Ascension

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 26:64“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

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