pray therefore order a guard to be posted at the sepulchre till the third day, for fear his disciples should come and steal him away, and then tell the people, "he is risen from the dead:" for this last imposture would be of worse consequence than the first.

accordingly they went, and having clapt a seal upon the stone, they posted a guard to secure the sepulchre.

the prison we found shut very secure, and the keepers posted before the doors: but when we had opened it, we found no body within.

in Damascus the governor for king Aretas, posted guards at the city-gates, with a design to apprehend me: