ἠσφαλίσαντο is to be taken with the last clause μετὰ τῆς κουστωδίας, which points to the main means of securing the tomb against plunder. The participial clause σφραγίσαντες τὸν λίθον is a parenthesis pointing to an additional precaution, sealing the stone, with a thread over it and sealed to the tomb at either end. The worthy men did their best to prevent theft, and the resurrection!
Verse Matthew 27:66. _MADE THE SEPULCHRE SURE, SEALING THE STONE, AND_ _SETTING A WATCH._] Or rather, _made the tomb secure by the guard,_ _and by sealing the stone_. I follow _Kypke_, in construing...
SEALING THE STONE - The sepulchre was made sure by affixing the large stone to the entrance in such a way that it could not be removed without detection. It was sealed. In what way this was done canno...
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...
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...
THE MAN WHO SENTENCED JESUS TO DEATH (Matthew 27:1-2 ; Matthew 27:11-26)...
AND SETTING. WATCH. with (Greek. _meta,_ as in verses: Matthew 27:34; Matthew 27:41; Matthew 27:54. Not as in verses: Matthew 27:7;...
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
ΣΦΡΑΓΊΣΑΝΤΕΣ. ‘The sealing was by means of a cord or string passing across the stone at the mouth of the sepulchre and fastened at either end to the rock by sealing clay’ (Alford). Cp. Daniel 6:17 : κ...
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...
ΠΟΡΕΥΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, шагать, ΉΣΦΑΛΊΣΑΝΤΟ _aor. ind. med. от_ ΆΣΦΑΛΊΖΩ, _см._ Matthew 27:65. ΣΦΡΑΓΊΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part._ (cony mcme.) от ΣΦΡΑΓΊΖΩ (G4972...
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...
SO THEY WENT, &C.— The priests going along with the guards granted them by the governor, placed them in their post, and sealed the stone that was rolled to the door of the sepulchre, to hinder the gua...
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...
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. SO THEY WENT, AND MADE THE SEPULCHRE SURE, SEALING THE STONE - which Mark () says was "very great," AND SETTING...
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...
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 not be likely to remember obscure prophecies of the Re...
AND SETTING A WATCH] RV 'the guard being with them.'...
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...
SEALING THE STONE. — The opening of the tomb had been already closed by the stone which had been rolled so as to fill, or nearly fill, it. The sealing was probably effected by drawing one or more rope...
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...
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...
They departing. See how beyond the possibility of contradiction these precautions prove the reality of Christ's resurrection, and how the inveterate enemies of Christ become unwilling witnesses of it;...
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...
REFLECTIONS Reader! if there be an interesting moment in the life of Jesus while upon earth, to call forth the tenderest sympathy of his redeemed, in one instance more than another, surely it is here....
"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...
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...
SO THEY WENT,.... From Pilate's palace, to the garden of Joseph, and to the sepulchre there; which whether more than a sabbath day's journey, or two thousand cubits, may be inquired; and if so, then t...
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. Ver. 66. _So they went and made the sepulchre sure_] And now they seemed to dance upon Christ's grave, as thinking t...
_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...
SEALING THE STONE; so that no one could open the sepulchre without breaking the seal. All the efforts of the Jews to show that Jesus Christ was guilty only tended more clearly to show, and more striki...
Guarding against the theft of the body:...
SO THEY WENT, AND MADE THE SEPULCHER SURE, SEALING THE STONE AND SETTING A WATCH. Whether it was due to a bad conscience or to vindictiveness, cannot be determined, but the Jewish chiefs even now were...
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...
Ver. 62-66. This part of the history is recorded by no other evangelist: the recording it by Matthew contributes yet further to evidence the truth of Christ's resurrection; for here was all imaginable...
Matthew 27:66 So G1161 went G4198 (G5679) made G805 tomb G5028 secure G805 (G5662) sealing G4972 ...
‘So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them.' The consequence was that the guard was set. And in order to make sure that there was no funny business a sea...
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...
Matthew 27:66. SEALING THE STONE. A string was stretched across the stone, and sealed to the rock at either end, with wax or sealing-clay. After these precautions, the body could not disappear, except...
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...
SEALING THE STONE, THE GUARD BEING WITH THEM (σφραγισαντης τον λιθον μετα της κουστωδιας). Probably by a cord stretched across the stone and sealed at each end as in Daniel 6:17. The sealing was don...
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...
AND MADE THE GRAVE SECURE. The grave was a cave dug in the rock, with a large stone rolled across the entrance to close it. A cord or string is stretched across the rock and sealed at each side with w...
_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...
2 Timothy 2:19; Daniel 6:17...
Sealing the stone and setting a watch [σ φ ρ α γ ι σ α ν τ ε ς τ ο ν λ ι θ ο ν, μ ε τ α τ η ς κ ο υ σ τ ω δ ι α ς]. Lit., having sealed the stone with the watch. Rev., Sealing the stone, the guard bei...
They went and secured the sepulchre, sealing the stone, and setting a guard — They set Pilate's signet, or the public seal of the sanhedrim upon a fastening which they had put on the stone. And all th...