Matthew 27:65

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye have a watch - The Jews had a guard of Roman soldiers, who kept watch in the tower of Antonia, on the northwest of the temple. Pilate either r...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a (f) watch: go your way, make [it] as sure as ye can. (f) The soldiers of the garrison who were appointed to guard t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Guarding of the Tomb (Mt. only). The story arose as a reply to Jews who averred that the disciples had removed the body of Jesus, itself a repl...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ye have. Or, Ye may have. a watch . a guard: the word being. transliteration of the Latin custodia, consisting of four soldiers ( Acts 12:4 )....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

65. You have a guard. By these words, Pilate means that he grants their request by permitting them to post soldiers to keep watch. This, per...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1413 THE GUARDING OF THE SEPULCHRE Matthew 27:62-66 . Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the Chief Priests a...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. Ye have a watch - The Jews had a corps of Roman troops, consisting...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Pilate said unto them, ye have a watch— See Matthew 27:54 . Pilate, thinking their request reasonable, allowed them to take as many soldiers as th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch. The guards had alread...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The sepulchre is guarded (peculiar to St. Matthew). It is sometimes argued that this incident is unauthentic, because the enemies of Christ would n...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ye have ] BM 'Take a guard,' viz. of Roman soldiers.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye have a watch. — Better, Take ye a guard. The Greek verb may be either imperative or indicative. The former gives the better meaning. The “watc...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 20 The Third Day- Matthew 27:57-66 - Matthew 28:1-15 Now that the atoning work of Christ is finished, the story proceeds with rapidit...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Closed and Guarded Tomb Matthew 27:57-66 Fear not to entrust yourself to God in death. If you yield up your spirit and commend it to the...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The morning saw the plot hatched in the night carried into effect. This is chronicled in the first two verses of the chapter. The picture of Judas in...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, (63) Saying, Sir, we remember...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Pilate said unto them, ye have a watch ,.... Meaning either the watch of the temple, said to be placed in the tower of Antonia, for the service of i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. Ver. 65. Pilate said unto them ] He was willing to please both...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now the next day; the day that followed the day of the preparation That is, after the sun was set, for the Jewish day began then. The day of prep...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

All night the Lord Jesus had been subjected to the persecution of the Jewish council. Now early in the morning, determined that He might be put to de...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimath...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Guard Is Set On Jesus' Tomb In Order To Ensure That The Body Is Not Stolen (27:62-66). There is nothing that reveals the truth about people more...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Pilate said to them, “You have a guard (or ‘Have a guard'), go, make it as sure as you can.” ' It is difficult to believe that Pilate would have ta...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:57 . Even .—The first or early evening. See Deuteronomy 21:23 ; Jos., B. J ., IV. Matthew 27:2 . Arimathæa .—Gener...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Matthew 27:57-66 Buried with Christ. I. There was an old heathen philosophy that taught deadness to this world; it required the thorough laying a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Matthew 27:50 . Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. Christ's strength was not exhausted; his last word was ut...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The redemption of man is comprised in many scenes. The last supper of our Lord his agony in the garden, for there man first offended the treason of J...
The Biblical Illustrator

Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure. The Jew and the Roman watching the sepulchre I. This passage of sacred history illustrates...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Matthew 27:1 , Matthew 27:2 Jesus brought to Pilate. ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 22:66 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 .) Matthew 2...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Guarding against the theft of the body:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 28:11-15 ; Proverbs 21:30 ; Psalms 76:10
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye have a guard — Of your own, in the tower of Antonia, which was stationed there for the service of the temple.

⁶⁵ Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 27:65

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 27:65