Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Matthew 28:14
And if this (e) come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
(e) For it was to be feared that it would be brought to the governor's ears.
And if this (e) come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
(e) For it was to be feared that it would be brought to the governor's ears.
Verse Matthew 28:14. _IF THIS CAME TO THE GOVERNOR'S EARS_] Pilate - _we will_ _persuade him_ that it is for his own interest and honour to join in the deception; and we will _render you secure _- we...
THE GOVERNOR’S EARS - To Pilate. If it is reported to him that Jesus was stolen while you slept. WE WILL PERSUADE HIM - We will convince or satisfy him, so that he shall not punish you. This they mig...
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...
IF THIS COME, &C.. Should this come, &c.. condition of uncertainty. App-118. PERSUADE. satisfy: i.e. BRIBE. Compare Galatians 1:1; Galatians 1:10. See App-150. SECURE YOU. free you from care: i.e. m...
_persuade_ By bribes. Euripides says "they say that gifts _persuade_even gods." (_Medea_, 964.) The soldiers might readily believe that Pilate was open to the same inducement which persuaded them. _s...
ἘΠῚ ΤΟΥ͂ ἩΓΕΜΌΝΟΣ. ‘Before the governor.’ With this use of ἐπὶ comp. ἐπὶ μαρτύρων, 1 Timothy 5:19; ἐπὶ τῶν� … ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγίων, 1 Corinthians 6:1, ‘at the bar of,’ and the common phrases ἐπὶ δικαστῶν, δι...
THE ROMAN GUARDS ARE BRIBED This important testimony is given by St Matthew only....
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...
ΆΚΟΥΣΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. Безличн. _pass._ “Если об этом услышат, будет суд” (EGT). _Conj._ с έάν выражает _conj._ ΠΕΊΣΟΜΕΝ _fut. ind. act. от_ ΠΕΊΘΩ (G3982) убеждать, ΆΜΈΡ...
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...
And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. AND IF THIS COME TO THE GOVERNOR'S EARS, [ ean (G1437) akousthee (G191) touto (G5124) epi ...
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...
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...
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....
AND SECURE YOU] The ordinary punishment for an offence of this kind was death (Acts 12:19), but Pilate would hardly trouble himself about what the soldiers had done while under the orders of the chief...
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...
ἐὰν ἀκουσθῇ, either: if this come to the ears of, etc., as in A. V [161], or: if this come to a hearing, a trial, before, etc., as in R. V [162] margin. The latter is preferred by many modern commenta...
_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,...
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...
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...
AND IF THIS COME TO THE GOVERNOR'S EARS,.... Not the governor of the watch, but Pontius Pilate the governor of Judea: if this should be told him, and should be heard by him; or this matter should come...
And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. Ver. 14. _We will persuade him and secure you_] Hypocrites have enough, if they can collogue with men, and escape the la...
_And when they were assembled_, &c. The chief priests, having received this report, called the whole senate together, and they consulted among themselves what they should do in this perplexing emergen...
PERSUADE HIM; not to punish them for sleeping on duty, which by the Roman law was death....
The report of the watch:...
AND IF THIS COME TO THE GOVERNOR'S EARS, WE WILL PERSUADE HIM, AND SECURE YOU....
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"....
Matthew 28:14 And G2532 if G1437 this G5124 comes G1909 governors G2232 ears G191 (G5686) we G2249 appease...
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...
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...
‘And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care. The problem with such a story for the soldiers was that it might reach the governor's ears, which would not please...
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...
Matthew 28:14. AND IF THIS _(i.e.,_ the reported sleeping on guard) come to the governor's ears. There is no evidence that Pilate took any notice of the matter, but the soldiers ran a risk, against wh...
WE WILL PERSUADE HIM, AND RID YOU OF CARE (ημεις πεισομεν κα υμας αμεριμνους ποιησομεν). They would try money also on Pilate and assume all responsibility. Hence the soldiers have no anxiety (αμεριμ...
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...
AND IF THE GOVERNOR SHOULD HEAR OF THIS. Since he had "washed his hands" of the whole thing, and would shortly be returning to Caesarea, he probably would not hear of it at all....
_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...
Acts 12:19...
We will persuade [π ε ι σ ο μ ε ν]. i e., satisfy or appease. Compare Galatians 1:10. "Do I conciliate men or God ?" Secure you [υ μ α ς α μ ε ρ ι μ ν ο υ ς π ο ι η σ ο μ ε ν]. Lit., make you without...
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...