Matthew 27 · Verse 63

Matthew 27:63

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
Matthew 27:63, King James Version

Matthew 27:63 in other translations

BSB“Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
WEBsaying, “Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: ‘After three days I will rise again.’
ASVsaying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive, After three days I rise again.
YLTsaying, ‘Sir, we have remembered that that deceiver said while yet living, After three days I do rise;
DARBYsaying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.
BBESaying, Sir, we have in mind how that false man said, while he was still living, After three days I will come again from the dead.
WebsterSaying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

What does Matthew 27:63 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
63. Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver--Never, remarks Bengel, will you find the heads of the people calling Jesus by His own name. And yet here there is betrayed a certain uneasiness, which one almost fancies they only tried to stifle in their own minds, as well as crush in Pilate's, in case he should have any lurking suspicion that he had done wrong in yielding to them. said, while he was yet alive--Important testimony this, from the lips of His bitterest enemies, to the reality of Christ's death; the corner-stone of the whole Christian religion. After three days--which, according to the customary Jewish way of reckoning, need signify no more than "after the commencement of the third day." I will rise again--"I rise," in the present tense, thus reporting not only the fact that this prediction of His had reached their ears, but that they understood Him to look forward confidently to its occurring on the very day named.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 63. We remember. They had either heard him say this, or, more probably, had understood that this was one of his doctrines.

That deceiver. One of the charges against him was, that he deceived the people. By this title they still chose to designate him, thinking that his death had fully confirmed the truth of the charges against him.

(y) "deceiver" Jn 7:12,47, 2Cor 6:8 (z) "After three" Mt 16:21, 17:23, 20:19, Lk 24:6,7, Jn 2:19

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 63 Sir, we remember, etc. - While these wicked men are fulfilling their own vicious counsels, they are subserving the great cause of Christianity. Every thing depended on the resurrection of Christ; if it did not appear that he rose from the dead, then the whole system was false, and no atonement was made. It was necessary therefore that the chief priests, etc., should make use of every precaution to prevent an imposture, that the resurrection of Christ might have the fullest evidence to support it. See on Mat 27:60 (note). The word Κυριε is here very properly translated sir, which, in many other places, is as improperly translated Lord. When a Roman is the speaker, or the person addressed, Κυριε should always be translated sir; when strangers address our Lord, the word is a title of civil respect, and should, in general, be translated in the same way. After three days I will rise again - This they probably took from his saying, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will build it up. If so, they destroyed, by their own words, the false accusation they brought against him to put him to death; then they perverted the meaning, now they declare it. Thus the wise are taken in their own craftiness. Neither the devil nor his servants ever speak truth, but when they expect to accomplish some bad purpose by it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 27:62-66

On the Jewish sabbath, the chief priests and Pharisees, when they should have been at their devotions, were dealing with Pilate about securing the sepulchre. This was permitted that there might be certain proof of our Lord's resurrection. Pilate told them that they might secure the sepulchre as carefully as they could. They sealed the stone, and set a guard, and were satisfied that all needful care was taken. But to…

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Matthew 27:63 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

λέγοντες·legontessaying;G3004
κύριε,kurieSir,G2962
ἐμνήσθημενemnēsthēmenwe have rememberedG3403
ὅτιhotihowG3754
ἐκεῖνοςekeinosthat [on,e]G1565
ὁhotheG3588
πλάνοςplanosdeceiverG4108
εἶπενeipensaidG2036
ἔτιetiwhileG2089
ζῶν·zōnliving;G2198
μετὰmetaAfterG3326
τρεῖςtreisthreeG5140
ἡμέραςhēmerasdaysG2250
ἐγείρομαι.egeiromaiI arise.G1453

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 27:63

  • Luke 9:22

    Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.

  • Matthew 16:21

    From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

  • Mark 10:34

    And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

  • Mark 8:31

    And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

  • Luke 18:33

    And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.

  • John 2:19

    Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

  • Matthew 17:23

    And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.

  • Matthew 26:61

    And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

  • 2 Corinthians 6:8

    By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;

  • John 7:12

    And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

  • Luke 23:2

    And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.

  • Matthew 20:19

    And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
that deceiver.
Lu 23:2; Joh 7:12,47; 2Co 6:8
After.
16:21; 17:23; 20:19; 26:61; Mr 8:31; 10:34; Lu 9:22; 18:33; 24:6,7
Joh 2:19

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Context

  • Matthew 27:62

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

  • Matthew 27:63

    Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

  • Matthew 27:64

    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.

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Matthew 27:63 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Diciendo: Señor, nos acordamos que aquel engañador dijo, viviendo aún: Después de tres días resucitaré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		disant: Seigneur, il nous souvient que ce séducteur, pendant qu’il était encore en vie, disait: Après trois jours, je ressuscite.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und sprachen: Herr, wir haben uns erinnert, daß jener Verführer sagte, als er noch lebte: Nach drei Tagen stehe ich wieder auf.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		dicentes: Domine, recordati sumus, quia seductor ille dixit adhuc vivens: Post tres dies resurgam.