Matthew 27:64
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“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.”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
οὖν
therefore
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οὖν
Therefore, then, accordingly. Therefore since we have been justified through faith we have peace with God. The therefore of Scripture always builds on something God has already done.
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ἐγείρω
He is risen
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ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
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πρῶτος
first.
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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νεκρός
dead.
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νεκρός
Dead, lifeless, without power. Nekros. God who gives life to the dead. If God can raise the dead there is nothing in your situation that is beyond His power to restore.
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νύξ
night
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νύξ
Night, darkness. You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. Your identity is light.
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ἔρχομαι
having come
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ἔρχομαι
To come, to go, to arrive. Erchomai. Come Lord Jesus. The final prayer of Scripture is an invitation. The church lives in expectation of His return.
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ἡμέρα
day,
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ἡμέρα
Day. Hemera. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is a gift from God. The right response to any day is rejoicing in the One who gave it.
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λαός
people;
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λαός
A people, a nation, a community. You are a chosen people a royal priesthood a holy nation God's special possession. This is your identity.
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ἔσχατος
last
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ἔσχατος
Last, final. I am the first and the last. Jesus holds both ends of time. Nothing catches Him by surprise and nothing is beyond His reach.
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χείρων
worse
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χείρων
from an obsolete equivalent (of uncertain derivation); more evil or aggravated (physically, mentally or morally)
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τρίτος
third
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τρίτος
third; neuter (as noun) a third part, or (as adverb) a (or the) third time, thirdly
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ἕως
until
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ἕως
a conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
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πλάνη
deception
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πλάνη
objectively, fraudulence; subjectively, a straying from orthodoxy or piety
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κελεύω
do command
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κελεύω
"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order
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ἔπω
they may say
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ἔπω
to speak or say (by word or writing)
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εἰμί
will be
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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τάφος
tomb
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τάφος
a grave (the place of interment)
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κλέπτω
may steal away
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κλέπτω
to filch
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