King James Version
Matthew 27:63 in the King James Version says “Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.”
Matthew 27:63 · KJV
And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
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“Saying”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“Sir”
G2962supreme in authority, i.e., (as noun) controller; by implication, master (as a respectful title)
“we remember”
G3415to bear in mind, i.e., recollect; by implication, to reward or punish
“After”
G3326properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)
“days”
G2250day, i.e., (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the jews as inclusive of
“I will rise again”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
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