30 "Give us soldiers, that we may guard his grave for three days, lest his disciples come and steal him, and the people think that he rose from the dead, and do us wrong." (GPE) 31 And Pilate gave them Petronius the centurion, with soldiers to guard the tomb. And elders and scribes went with them to the grave. (GPE) 32 And having rolled a great stone to the centurion and the soldiers, all who were there placed it at the door of the grave. (GPE)
Gospel of Peter 1:30–32
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