Verb asphalizō (to secure) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

27: 64Therefore command to secure (asphalizō) the tomb until the third day; otherwise his disciples may go and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception would be worse than the first."
27: 65Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers; go, secure (asphalizō) it as you can."
27: 66So they went with the guard and secured (asphalizō) the tomb by sealing the stone.

Acts

16: 24Following these instructions, he put them in the innermost cell and secured (asphalizō) their feet in the stocks.