Matthew 27:62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

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New International Version
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate.

New Living Translation
The next day, on the Sabbath, the leading priests and Pharisees went to see Pilate.

English Standard Version
The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Berean Standard Bible
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

Berean Literal Bible
And the next day, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together before Pilate,

King James Bible
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,

New King James Version
On the next day, which followed the Day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together to Pilate,

New American Standard Bible
Now on the next day, that is, the day which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

NASB 1995
Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

NASB 1977
Now on the next day, which is the one after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

Legacy Standard Bible
Now on the next day, the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

Amplified Bible
The next day, that is, the day after the [day of] preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate,

Christian Standard Bible
The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

American Standard Version
Now on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

Contemporary English Version
On the next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees went together to Pilate.

English Revised Version
Now on the morrow, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The next day, which was the day of worship, the chief priests and Pharisees gathered together and went to Pilate.

Good News Translation
The next day, which was a Sabbath, the chief priests and the Pharisees met with Pilate

International Standard Version
The following day (that is, after the Day of Preparation), the high priests and Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Majority Standard Bible
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.

NET Bible
The next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

New Heart English Bible
Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

Webster's Bible Translation
Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,

Weymouth New Testament
On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate.

World English Bible
Now on the next day, which was the day after the Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
And on the next day that is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

Berean Literal Bible
And the next day, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together before Pilate,

Young's Literal Translation
And on the morrow that is after the preparation, were gathered together the chief priests, and the Pharisees, unto Pilate,

Smith's Literal Translation
And in the morrow, which is after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then the next day, which is after the Preparation day, the leaders of the priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate together,

New American Bible
The next day, the one following the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

New Revised Standard Version
The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
The next day, which is after Friday, the high priests and the Pharisees together came to Pilate,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the next day, which is after Friday sunset, the Chief Priests and the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate,

NT Translations

Anderson New Testament
On the morrow, which was the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,

Godbey New Testament
And on the following day, which is after the Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate, saying,

Haweis New Testament
Now on the morrow, which is the day after the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came in a body to Pilate,

Mace New Testament
Now the next day after the preparation of the sabbath, the chief priests and Pharisees went together to Pilate,

Weymouth New Testament
On the next day, the day after the Preparation, the High Priests and the Pharisees came in a body to Pilate.

Worrell New Testament
And on the morrow which, indeed, is the day after the Preparation, the high priests and the Pharisees were gathered together to Pilate,

Worsley New Testament
Now the next day after the preparation, the chief priests and pharisees went together to Pilate, saying, Sir, we remember that this impostor,

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Context

The Guards at the Tomb
61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb. 62 The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate. 63“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’…

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Cross References

Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 16:21
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

Matthew 17:23
They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.

Matthew 20:19
and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”

Matthew 28:1-4
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. / Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it. / His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. ...

Mark 8:31
Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.

Mark 9:31
because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”

Mark 10:34
who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”

Luke 9:22
“The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

Luke 18:33
They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

Luke 24:6-7
He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee: / ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’”

John 2:19-21
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

John 10:17-18
The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again. / No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”

Acts 2:24
But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

Acts 10:40
God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

Treasury of Scripture

Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate,

the day.

Matthew 26:17
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

Mark 15:42
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Luke 23:54-56
And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on…

the chief priests.

Matthew 27:1,2
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: …

Psalm 2:1-6
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? …

Acts 4:27,28
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, …

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Matthew 27

1. Jesus is delivered bound to Pilate.
3. Judas hangs himself.
19. Pilate, admonished of his wife,
20. and being urged by the multitude, washes his hands, and releases Barabbas.
27. Jesus is mocked and crowned with thorns;
33. crucified;
39. reviled;
50. dies, and is buried;
62. his tomb is sealed and watched.

Berean Study Bible

The next day
This phrase indicates the day following the crucifixion of Jesus, which was the Sabbath. In Jewish tradition, the Sabbath is a day of rest and worship, beginning at sunset on Friday and ending at sunset on Saturday. The timing is significant as it underscores the urgency and concern of the religious leaders to address the situation with Jesus' tomb, even on a day typically reserved for rest.

the one after Preparation Day
Preparation Day refers to the day before the Sabbath, which is Friday. On this day, Jews would prepare for the Sabbath by completing all necessary work and ensuring they had everything needed for the day of rest. The mention of Preparation Day highlights the meticulous observance of Jewish customs and the leaders' determination to secure the tomb despite the constraints of their religious practices.

the chief priests and Pharisees
The chief priests were the leading religious authorities in Jerusalem, responsible for temple rituals and maintaining religious order. The Pharisees were a sect known for their strict adherence to the Law and traditions. Their collaboration in this context is notable, as it shows a united front among different Jewish factions against Jesus, whom they perceived as a threat to their authority and religious traditions.

assembled before Pilate
Pilate was the Roman governor of Judea, and his involvement underscores the political dimension of Jesus' crucifixion. The chief priests and Pharisees approaching Pilate indicates their reliance on Roman authority to ensure the security of Jesus' tomb. This assembly before Pilate reflects the intersection of religious and political concerns, as the leaders sought to prevent any claim of Jesus' resurrection, which they feared could incite unrest or further challenge their authority.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(62) The next day, that followed the day of the preparation.--The narrative that follows is peculiar to St. Matthew, and, like the report of the rending of the veil of the Temple, may, perhaps, be traced to the converted priests of Acts 6:7. This was, as we find from what follows, the Sabbath. The "preparation" (Paraskeue) was a technical term, not, as is sometimes said, in reference to preparing for the Passover, but, as in Mark 15:42, to a preparation for the Sabbath (Jos. Ant. xvi. 6, ? 2, is decisive on this point), and the use of the term here leaves the question whether the Last Supper or the Crucifixion coincided with the Passover, still an open one. It may be noted that the Jewish use of the term passed into the Christian Church, and that at least as early as Clement of Alexandria (Strom. vii. ? 76) it was the received name for the Dies Veneris, or Friday, the anniversary of the Crucifixion being the "great" or "holy" Paraskeue. On either view, however, there is something strange in the way in which St. Matthew describes the day as coming, "after the preparation," instead of saying simply, "the Sabbath." It is a possible solution of the difficulty thus presented, on the assumption that the Last Supper was a true Passover, that the day of the Crucifixion as being on the Passover, was itself technically a Sabbath (Leviticus 23:7; Leviticus 23:24). Two Sabbaths therefore came together, and this may have led the Evangelist to avoid the commoner phrase, and to describe the second as being "the day that followed the preparation," i.e. the ordinary weekly Sabbath. The precise time at which the priests went to Pilate is not stated; probably it was early on the morning of the Sabbath when they had heard from the Roman soldiers of the burial by Joseph of Arimathaea. The fact that the body was under the care of one who was secretly a disciple aroused their suspicions, and they would naturally take the first opportunity, even at the risk of infringing on the Sabbath rest, of guarding against the fraud which they suspected.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 62-66. - The great sabbath. The sepulchre sealed and watched. (Peculiar to St. Matthew.) Verse 62. - The next day, that followed the day of the preparation; ἥτις ἐστὶ μετὰ τὴν παρασκευήν, which is [the day] after the preperation. The language of the original Implies that the day was one of a class. The present day was the 15th of Nisan, and both a sabbath and the chief day of the Passover festival. The term "preparation," or "prosabbath" (Judith 8:6), was applied by the Jews to the day preceding the sabbath or the chief festivals (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 16:06. 2); but by the time the gospel was committed to writing, Paraskeue had become among Christians the usual designation of the day of Christ's death; hence the sabbath, which was of less importance than the crucifixion day, is here called, "the day after the Paraskeue." The language of the synoptists leads to the conclusion that the action of the Sanhedrists in applying to Pilate took place on the sabbath, their uneasy conscience and fear of some surprising event overcoming that scrupulous regard to the sanctity of the holy day which they would have strictly enforced upon others. It is just possible, however, that they postponed their application till the evening, having nothing to fear till "the third day." Came together unto Pilate; were gathered together. A large deputation of the chief men presented itself before the procurator, anxious to obtain his aid to prevent all tampering with the buried body of Jesus, at the same time apprehending some event, they knew not what, which might tend to corroborate his claims. Neologians have argued against the credibility of this section of the gospel history, and have been followed by some commentators of greater faith. A refutation of the most prominent objections will be found in Alford's notes on ver. 62.

Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

The
Τῇ (Tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

next day,
ἐπαύριον (epaurion)
Adverb
Strong's 1887: Tomorrow. From epi and aurion; occurring on the succeeding day, i.e. to-morrow.

the one
ἥτις (hētis)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3748: Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.

after
μετὰ (meta)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

Preparation Day,
Παρασκευήν (Paraskeuēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3904: The day of preparation, the day before the Sabbath, Friday. As if from paraskeuazo; readiness.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

chief priests
ἀρχιερεῖς (archiereis)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 749: High priest, chief priest. From arche and hiereus; the high-priest; by extension a chief priest.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

Pharisees
Φαρισαῖοι (Pharisaioi)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 5330: Of Hebrew origin; a separatist, i.e. Exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary.

assembled
συνήχθησαν (synēchthēsan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 4863: From sun and ago; to lead together, i.e. Collect or convene; specially, to entertain.

before
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

Pilate.
Πιλᾶτον (Pilaton)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4091: Pilate. Of Latin origin; close-pressed, i.e. Firm; Pilatus, a Roman.

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