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Enemies as Witnesses
Nearly every commentator highlights the profound irony of this verse. In their effort to prevent any story of a resurrection, Jesus's enemies became the most credible witnesses for it. By officially sealing the tomb and posting their own guard, they unintentionally eliminated any possibility that the disciples could have stolen the body, thereby providing powerful, independent proof that the resurrection was a supernatural act.
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18th Century
Theologian
Sealing the stone. The sepulcher was secured by affixing the large stone to the entrance in such a way that it could not be removed withou…
Sealing the stone, the guard being with them (σφραγισαντης τον λιθον μετα της κουστωδιας). Probably by a cord stretched across the…
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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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…
17th Century
Pastor
So they went
From Pilate's palace, to the garden of Joseph, and to the sepulchre there; which whether more than a sa…
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 …
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…