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Enemies as Witnesses
Commentators like Spurgeon, Calvin, and Henry highlight a profound irony. In their frantic effort to prevent a resurrection story, the chief priests became the best witnesses for it. By securing a formidable guard and an official seal, they unintentionally proved that the tomb could not have been breached by human means, making Christ's resurrection the only logical explanation for the empty tomb. God used their own craftiness to glorify His Son.
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Albert Barnes
On Matthew 27:65
18th Century
Theologian
You have a watch. The Jews had a guard or watch of Roman soldiers, who kept watch in the tower of Antonia, on the north-west of the temple…
AT Robertson
On Matthew 27:65
Make it as sure as you can (ασφαλισασθε ως οιδατε). "Make it secure for yourselves (ingressive aorist middle) as you know how."
Charles Spurgeon
On Matthew 27:65–66
19th Century
Preacher
The chief priests and Pharisees wanted Pilate to make the sepulcher secure, but he left them to secure it. There seems to have been a grim sort of …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Matthew 27:65
The NIV’s rendering “Take a guard” is better read, “You have a guard of soldiers.” That is, Pilate refuses to use his troops but tells the Jewish a…
John Calvin
On Matthew 27:65
16th Century
Theologian
You have a guard. By these words, Pilate means that he grants their request by permitting them to post soldiers to keep watch. This permis…
John Gill
On Matthew 27:65
17th Century
Pastor
Pilate said to them, you have a watch
Meaning either the watch of the temple, said to be placed in the tower of Antonia, for t…
Matthew Henry
On Matthew 27:62–66
17th Century
Minister
On the Jewish Sabbath, the Chief Priests and Pharisees, when they should have been at their devotions, were dealing with Pilate about securing the …
Thomas Aquinas
On Matthew 27:27–66
13th Century
Philosopher
After relating His condemnation, His Passion and death are treated here; and secondly, His burial is treated, where it is said, And whe…