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Mt 27:64 Strong Concordance Command [2753] therefore [3767] that the sepulchre [5028] be made sure [805] until [2193] the third [5154] day [2250], lest [3379] his [846] disciples [3101] come [2064] by night [3571], and steal [2813] him [846] away [2813], and [2532] say [2036] unto the people [2992], He is risen [1453] from [575] the dead [3498]: so [2532] the last [2078] error [4106] shall be [2071] worse than [5501] the first [4413].
  King James 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure--by a Roman guard.

until the third day--after which, if He still lay in the grave, the imposture of His claims would be manifest to all.

and say unto the people, he is risen from the dead--Did they really fear this?

so the last error shall be worse than the first--the imposture of His pretended resurrection worse than that of His pretended Messiahship.
 
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40 For [1063] as [5618] Jonas [2495] was [2258] three [5140] days [2250] and [2532] three [5140] nights [3571] in [1722] the whale's [2785] belly [2836]; so [3779] shall the Son [5207] of man [444] be [2071] three [5140] days [2250] and [2532] three [5140] nights [3571] in [1722] the heart [2588] of the earth [1093].