Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Matthew 28:11
τινὲς τῆς κουστωδίας. An expression that implies more than the traditional number of four guards. The full complement of a κουστωδία appears to have been 60 men. See note, ch. Matthew 27:65.
τινὲς τῆς κουστωδίας. An expression that implies more than the traditional number of four guards. The full complement of a κουστωδία appears to have been 60 men. See note, ch. Matthew 27:65.
MATTHEW 28:11 avph,ggeilan {B} In view of the weight of evidence, the Committee preferred avph,ggeilan to avnh,ggeilan, a verb that occurs nowhere else in Matthew....
Verse Matthew 28:11. _SOME OF THE WATCH_] Or _guards_. Probably the rest still remained at the tomb, waiting for orders to depart, and had sent these to intimate to their employers the things that had...
WHEN THEY WERE GOING - Or when they had gone from the tomb. SOME OF THE WATCH - Some of the guard that had been set around the tomb to keep it safe. Probably the leaders or officers came to give a tr...
14. HIS RESURRECTION AND THE GREAT COMMISSION. CHAPTER 28 _ 1. His Resurrection. (Matthew 28:1 .) 2. The Lying Report of the Jews.(Matthew 28:11 .) 3. The Great Commission. (Matthew 28:16 .)_ We ha
THE GUARD AND THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES (Mt. only). The paragraph is the sequel to Matthew 27:62 *. Matthew 28:15. unto this day: the date when the Gospel was written....
THE GREAT DISCOVERY (Matthew 28:1-10)...
While they were on their way, certain of the guard came to the city and told the chief priests all that had happened. When they had met with the ciders, they formed a plan. They gave a considerable am...
THE WATCH. See note on Mat 27:68, Matthew 27:66. SHEWED. told. See verses: Matthew 28:8; Matthew 28:9; Matthew 28:10. were
The Roman Guards are bribed. This important testimony is given by St Matthew only 12. _large money_ Literally, MANY PIECES OF SILVER, a _largesse_....
Ver 11. Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the Chief Priests all the things that were done. 12. And when they were assembled with the elders, and h...
_THE REJECTING SOLDIERS MATTHEW 28:11-15:_ The guards were placed at the tomb by Caiaphus so that the disciples would not steal the body. These guards saw every thing that happened, and reported it al...
ΠΟΡΕΥΟΜΈΝΩΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти; _gen. abs._ ΈΛΘΌΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (conymcme.)_ от ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΑ _aor. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096)...
NOW WHEN THEY WERE GOING, &C.— The chief priests, having received the report of the guard, called the whole senate together, and consulted among themselves what they were to do. The deliberations, how...
SECTION 77 JESUS-' GUARDS TESTIFY TO HIS RESURRECTION TEXT: 28:11-15 11 Now while they were going, behold, some of the guards came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that w...
Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. NOW WHEN THEY WERE GOING - while the women were on their way...
5-8 Compare Mar_16:5-8; Luk_24:3-11. 9-10 Compare Mar_16:9-11. See Joh_20:17 18 This account is principally concerned with the rejection of the kingdom. How fitting that it should close with a previe...
BRIBERY OF THE GUARDS (peculiar to St. Matthew). The report of the soldiers may have had something to do with the conversion of so many priests described in Acts 6:7....
THE RESURRECTION For the Resurrection see special article. 1-10. THE RESURRECTION AND APPEARANCE TO THE WOMEN (Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 20:1). If it be remembered that a considerable number of women...
CHIEF PRIESTS] These were Sadducees, hostile to any idea of a resurrection....
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 28 JESUS BECOMES ALIVE AGAIN 28:1-10 V1 The holy day had finished. Now it was dawn on the first day of the week. So Mary Magdalene a...
SOME OF THE WATCH. — This incident, like that of the appointment of the guard, is reported by St. Matthew only. As writing primarily for the Jews of Palestine, it was natural that he should take speci...
πορευομένων δὲ α., while the women go on their errand, the guards, crestfallen, play their poor part. Some of them (τινὲς) go into the city and report in their own way to the priests all that has happ...
_The guards and the priests_....
THE GREAT COMMISSION, OF THE RISEN LORD Matthew 28:11-20 What absurdity in this mendacious explanation! How could the soldiers know who stole the body, if they were _asleep?_ Skeptics have to believe...
“He is not here, He is risen!" That, surely, is the sweetest music. How beautifully it crowns the King. His enemies have rejected Him, and have proved their malice by handing Him over to their common,...
(3) Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. (3) The more that the sun shines, the more that the wicked...
Some of the guards came into the city. It is probable they had retired a while to some place to consult what to say, and how to avoid being punished. The chief priests, after consulting upon the matte...
REPORT OF THE WATCH Matthew 28:11-15. “ _And they going_, _behold_, _certain ones of the watch_, _having come into the city_, _announced to the high priests all the things which have taken place. And...
"Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. (12) And when they were assembled with the elders, and had tak...
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...
Matthew 28:11._And while they were departing. _It is not only credible, but the fact is manifest, that the soldiers, to whom had been entrusted the charge of the sepulcher, were corrupted by a bribe,...
I shall examine the details of the resurrection elsewhere Here I only consider its bearing in this Gospel. The sabbath ended (Saturday evening with us chapter 28), the two Marys come to see the sepulc...
NOW WHEN THEY WERE GOING,.... Or were gone from the sepulchre: that is, the women, Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, and their companions, when they were going, or gone, and before they could come t...
Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. Ver. 11. _Some of the watch came into the city_] God would hav...
_Now when_, or _while they were going_ While these extraordinary things were transacting, and the women were going to tell the disciples what they had heard and seen: _behold, some of the watch_ Some...
THE WATCH; the soldiers who had been appointed to watch the sepulchre, and see that his disciples did not come and steal him away....
The report of the watch:...
NOW WHEN THEY WERE GOING, BEHOLD, SOME OF THE WATCH CAME INTO THE CITY, AND SHOWED UNTO THE CHIEF PRIESTS ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE DONE....
The Sabbath coming to an end, the two Mary's arrive at the grave early in the morning. Some have thought that Mary Magdalene came twice, though this does not seem clear, except that she evidently retu...
11-15 What wickedness is it which men will not be brought to by the love of money! Here was large money given to the soldiers for advancing that which they knew to be a lie, yet many grudge a little...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 28:15"....
Gospel of Nicodemus I The Acts of Pilate The soldiers therefore took the money, and said as they were bid. And up to this day this same lying tale is told among the Jews.[121]...
Matthew 28:11 Now G1161 they G846 going G4198 (G5740) behold G2400 (G5628) some G5100 guard G2892 came...
THE FINAL TRIUMPH (28:7-20). Following this remarkable experience of the women, we now come to the climax of the Gospel, the resurrection appearances and the giving of the Great Commission. The subsec...
‘Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.' At the same time as the women were going to tell the Apostles a...
THE CHIEF PRIESTS BRIBE THE GUARDS SO THAT THEY WILL SAY THAT JESUS' BODY WAS STOLEN (28:11-15). This whole Section from Matthew 26:1 onwards commenced with the Chief Priests bribing Judas so that He...
Matthew 28:11. WHILE THEY WERE GOING. The fact that the soldiers did not go first, indicates that all the occurrences at the sepulchre occupied but a short time. SOME OF THE GUARD, etc. They told th...
The two incidents of this section seem to have been placed together, to mark a contrast Judaism reaches its lowest point, when it must bribe heathen soldiers to lie for it. Matthew would thus lead the...
TOLD UNTO THE CHIEF PRIESTS (απηγγειλαν τοις αρχιερευσιν). These Roman soldiers had been placed at the disposal of the Sanhedrin. They were probably afraid also to report to Pilate and tell him wha...
Matthew 28:11 The Chief Priests' Story. This tale of the high priests', if it be good for anything, will bear the same cross-examination and analysis as others in the annals of important jurispruden...
Matthew 28:1. _In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher._ While the Jewish Sabbath lasted, they pai...
Matthew 28:1. _In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. And, behold, there was a great earthquake:...
CONTENTS: Resurrection of Jesus. Jesus in Galilee and the great commission. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, 2 Marys, disciples. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ is declared to be the Son of God with pow...
The history and evidences of our Saviour's resurrection, being of infinite importance, are reserved to the last chapter of St. John. Matthew 28:1. _In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn towar...
SOME OF THE SOLDIERS. The time at which these men went back to the city is carefully identified. It was while the women continued on to tell the disciples about the Resurrection. These soldiers report...
_Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole Him away._ THE CHIEF PRIESTS’ STORY I. Let us begin with an exact understanding of the whole story at once. II. Coolly and dispassionately it becomes...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 28:1 The Resurrection and Commission of the Messiah. Matthew’s concluding chapter recounts Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. His resurrection confirms his identity and shows t...
MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 28:11 The SOLDIERS faced possible execution for neglecting their guard duty. In cooperating with the Jewish religious leaders, they at least have a chance to save themselves....
CHAPTER 28 _In the evening of the Sabbath_ (Vulg.), _as the first day of the week was dawning_, &c. How could it be called evening if day was dawning, or even if, as S. Mark says, the sun were risen?...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 28:13. SAY YE, etc.—In addition to all the judgments of impotency, embarrassment, and rejection, they are now subjected to the judgment of stupidity (_Lange_). Let the critic...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 28:1 _Jesus rises from the dead, and appears to the holy women. _(Mark 16:1; Luke 24:1; John 20
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of t...
Matthew 27:65; Matthew 27:66; Matthew 28:4...
THE SEVEN MIRACULOUS EVENTS Matthew 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The events centered around the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ were miraculous to say the least. One miracle generally c...
Observe here, 1. How the priests and elders endeavour by. notorious lie to hinder the belief of our Lord's resurrection, they soborne and bribe the soldiers to say that his corpse was stolen out of th...