So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard. The sealed stone and the guard are the human precautions against the event that no human precaution can prevent. The more secure the tomb is made, the more undeniable the resurrection will be when it occurs: the Roman guard and the sealed stone are the witnesses to the impossibility of a stolen body, and their testimony will be purchased by the chief priests in Matthew 28:12–13.

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