Matthew 28:11-15; Proverbs 21:30; Psalms 76:10
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...
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...
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...
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 )....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Before Pilate. The Crucifixion 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate ( Mark 15:1 ; Luke 23:1 ; John 18:28 : see on Jn).
The sepulchre is guarded (peculiar to St. Matthew). It is sometimes argued that this incident is unauthentic, because the enemies of Christ would n...
Ye have ] BM 'Take a guard,' viz. of Roman soldiers.
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...
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...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Burial of Christ. 57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimath...
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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...
‘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...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 27:57 . Even .—The first or early evening. See Deuteronomy 21:23 ; Jos., B. J ., IV. Matthew 27:2 . Arimathæa .—Gener...
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...
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...
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...
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure. The Jew and the Roman watching the sepulchre I. This passage of sacred history illustrates...
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...
Guarding against the theft of the body:
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
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.