Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 27:65
Ye have a guard — Of your own, in the tower of Antonia, which was stationed there for the service of the temple.
Ye have a guard — Of your own, in the tower of Antonia, which was stationed there for the service of the temple.
Verse Matthew 27:65. _YE HAVE A WATCH_] The Jews had a corps of Roman troops, consisting of several companies, as a guard for the temple, Acts 4:1. These companies mounted guard by turns, see Luke 22...
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 referred to these, or to the “watch” that attended the c...
CHAPTER 27 1. Delivered unto Pilate.(Matthew 27:1 .) 2. The Suicide of Judas.(Matthew 27:3 .) 3. Before Pilate. (Matthew 27:11 .) 4. The Awful Choice....
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 reply to the disciples-' assertion of the empty grave (_c...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
On the next day, which is the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came to Pilate in a body. "Sir, they said, "we remember that, while he was still alive, that deceiver said, 'Af...
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). See note there. Greek. _koustodia._ Occurs only in Matthe...
_Ye have a watch_ The meaning is either (1) that Pilate refuses the request; "Ye have a watch of your own" (_a_) the Levitical temple guard, or (_b_) a small body of soldiers whom Pilate may have alre...
The Entombment Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42 Matthew 27:62 are peculiar to St Matthew. St Mark notes the won
ἜΧΕΤΕ ΚΟΥΣΤΩΔΊΑΝ. The meaning is either (1) that Pilate refuses the request; ‘Ye have a watch of your own’—(_a_) the Levitical temple guard, or more probably (_b_) a small body of soldiers whom Pilate...
THE ENTOMBMENT Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42 Matthew 27:62-66 are peculiar to St Matthew. St Mark not
Ver 62. 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 that that deceiver said, while he was yet a...
_JESUS' DEATH AND BURIAL MATTHEW 27:32-66:_ The power of the cross makes salvation possible. The sign over His head read, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews." He is far more though, "Now to the King...
ΈΦΗ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΦΗΜΊ (G5346) говорить, _см._ Matthew 27:11. ΈΧΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΚΟΥΣΤΩΔΊΑ (G2892) лат. стража, охрана. См. William L. Craig, “The Guard at the Tom...
DISCOURSE: 1413 THE GUARDING OF THE SEPULCHRE Matthew 27:62. Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the Chief Priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we reme...
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 they pleased out of the cohort, which at the feast came f...
SECTION 75 JESUS-' TOMB IS GUARDED TEXT: 27:62-66 62 Now on the morrow, which is _the day_ after the Preparation, the chief priests and, the Pharisees were gathered together unto Pilate, 63 saying, S...
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 already acted under orders of the Sanhedrim, with Pilate's co...
54-61 Compare Mar_15:39-47; Luk_23:47-56 Joh_19:38-42. 54 The kingdom proclamation closed with the acknowledgment of Peter that He is the Christ, the Son of the living God (Mat_16:16). His priestly m...
YE HAVE] BM 'Take a guard,' viz. of Roman soldiers....
THE SEPULCHRE IS GUARDED (peculiar to St. Matthew). It is sometimes argued that this incident is unauthentic, because the enemies of Christ would not be likely to remember obscure prophecies of the Re...
BEFORE PILATE. THE CRUCIFIXION 1, 2. Jesus delivered to Pilate (Mark 15:1; Luke 23:1; John 18:28 : see on Jn)....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 27 JUDAS KILLS HIMSELF 27:1-10 V1 It was very early in the morning. All the chief *priests and the other leaders decided that Jesus...
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 “watch,” or “guard,” was a body of Roman soldiers (St. Mat...
CHAPTER 20 The Third Day- Matthew 27:57 - Matthew 28:1 Now that the atoning work of Christ is finished, the story proceeds with rapidity to its close. It was the work of the Evangelist to give the hi...
_Burial_ (Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56). ἦλθεν, etc., there came (to the place of crucifixion, the centre of interest in the preceding narrative) a _man_ (unknown to readers), _rich_ (this fact put in...
_Precautions against theft of the body_; peculiar to Mt., and among the less certain elements of the Passion history, owing its origin and presence in this Gospel apparently to the exigencies of the p...
ἔχετε : probably imperative, not indicative = have your watch, the ready assent of a man who thinks there is not likely to be much need for it, but has no objections to gratify their wish in a small m...
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 Father's hands, He will provide for it and for your body...
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 his remorse is very terrible. Pilate stands out as...
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 the temple....
_You have a guard; supposed to be a company of Roman soldiers, destined for the guard of the temple: (Bible de Vence) or, may take a guard; go, and make it secure; which they did, sealing the stone, a...
THE WATCH AT THE SEPULCHER Matthew 27:62-66. “ _And on the following day_, _when_, _after the preparation_, _the high priests and Pharisees came unto Pilate_, _saying_, _We remember how that deceiver...
"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 that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, A...
We now enter on the Lord's final presentation of Himself to Jerusalem, traced, however, from Jericho; that is, from the city which had once been the stronghold of the power of the Canaanite. The Lord...
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, permission bound them more firmly, so that they could not esca...
After this (chapter 27), the unhappy priests and heads of the people deliver up their Messiah to the Gentiles, as He had told His disciples. Judas, in despair under Satan's power, hangs himself, havin...
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 it: hence mention is made of the captain of the temple...
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 sides; and therefore condescends both to Joseph of Ar...
_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 preparation was the day before the sabbath, whereon the...
A WATCH; soldiers to watch his grave....
PILATE SAID UNTO THEM, YE HAVE A WATCH; GO YOUR WAY, MAKE IT AS SURE AS YE CAN....
Guarding against the theft of the body:...
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 death as soon as possible, they bring Him bound to th...
62-66 On the Jewish sabbath, the chief priests and Pharisees, when they should have been at their devotions, were dealing with Pilate about securing the sepulchre. This was permitted that there might...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 27:66"....
Matthew 27:65 G1161 Pilate G4091 said G5346 (G5713) them G846 have G2192 (G5719) guard G2892 way...
‘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 taken them too seriously, even if he was still disturb...
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 than their interpretation of the anticipated action o...
OUR LORD'S INTENSE AGONY OF MIND no doubt hastened death, although viewed in another aspect, it may be said, that the Saviour hastened His death by a voluntary self-surrender which the Father accepted...
Matthew 27:65. YE HAVE A GUARD, or, ‘have a guard,' _i.e._, I permit you to take one. The Roman soldiers, who certainly composed the guard (chap. Matthew 28:14), were not under their command. MAKE IT...
MAKE IT AS SURE AS YOU CAN (ασφαλισασθε ως οιδατε). "Make it secure for yourselves (ingressive aorist middle) as you know how."HAVE A GUARD (εχετε κουστωδιαν), present imperative, a guard of Roma...
Matthew 27:57 Buried with Christ. I. There was an old heathen philosophy that taught deadness to this world; it required the thorough laying aside of all human feelings and passions; but what it incu...
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 uttered with a loud voice, like the shout of a conqueri...
CONTENTS: Jesus delivered to Pilate. Judas' remorse. Barabbas released in Jesus' place. The crucifixion of Christ. The entombment and sealing of the tomb. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Pilate, Judas, Jerem...
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 Judas the apprehension of Christ his appearance befo...
TAKE A GUARD. Pilate grants them a guard of Roman soldiers. Since Pilate does not expect Jesus to rise from death, there is no _irony_ in what he says....
_Command therefore that the sepulchre be made secure._ THE JEW AND THE ROMAN WATCHING THE SEPULCHRE I. This passage of sacred history illustrates the truth that God has “made all things for Himself,...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 27:65 GUARD. The same Roman military guard assigned to temple security. ⇐...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 27:57. EVEN.—The first or early evening. See Deuteronomy 21:23; Jos., _B. J_., IV. Matthew 27:2. ARIMATHÆA.—Generally identified’ with Ramathaim-zophim, on Mount Ephraim, the
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 27:1, MATTHEW 27:2 _Jesus brought to Pilate. _(Mark 15:1; Luke 2
This time shall we turn in our Bibles to Matthew's gospel chapter twenty-seven? In the twenty-sixth chapter we left Jesus before the high priest, the Sanhedrin, and Peter had just outside of this grou...
Matthew 28:11; Proverbs 21:30; Psalms 76:10...
Ye have [ε χ ε τ ε]. Or, as some render, imperatively : Have a guard! Rev., in margin, take....