Matthew 27:65

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Pilate	Πιλᾶτος· Pilatos	G4091	close-pressed · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
said	Ἔφη Ephē	G5346	to show or make known one's thoughts · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
them	αὐτοῖς autois	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine
have	ἔχετε echete	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person plural
watch	κουστωδίαν· koustōdian	G2892	"custody" · noun — accusative singular feminine
way	ὑπάγετε hupagete	G5217	to lead (oneself) under · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person plural
make	ἀσφαλίσασθε asphalisasthe	G805	to render secure · verb — aorist middle deponent imperative, 2nd person plural
sure	ἀσφαλίζω asphalízō	G805	to render secure
as	ὡς hōs	G5613	which how · particle
can	εἴδω eídō	G1492	used only in certain past tenses

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Cross-references

Matthew 27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.
Matthew 28:11-15 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.
Psalms 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 27:65

Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch--The guards had already acted under orders of the Sanhedrim, with Pilate's consent; but probably they were not clear about employing them as a night watch without Pilate's express authority. go your way, make it as sure as ye can--as ye know how, or in the way ye deem securest. Though there may be no irony in this speech, it evidently insinuated that if the event should be contrary to their wish, it would not be for want of sufficient human appliances to prevent it.

John Gill on Matthew 27:65

Pilate said unto them, ye have a watch,.... Meaning either the watch of the temple, said to be placed in the tower of Antonia, for the service of it: hence mention is made of the captain of the temple, Acts 4:1, but it is not likely they would remove the temple guards, to watch a sepulchre night and day: or rather, therefore, the soldiers that had had the care of the crucifixion of Christ, and watched him on the cross, are designed: the words may be read imperatively, "have yea watch", or "take a watch", as the Ethiopic version renders it, and which seems best; for if they had a watch already, what occasion had they to have applied to Pilate for one? but having none, he gives them leave to t…

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John Calvin on Matthew 27:62–end

Matthew 27:62-66 Matthew 27:62-66 62. And the next day, which is after the preparation, [297] the chief priests and Pharisees came to Pilate, 63. Saying, Sir, we remember that that impostor said, while he was still alive, After three days I shall rise again. 64. Command, therefore, that the sepulcher be made secure till the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come by night to steal him, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead; and the last error shall be worse than the first. 65. Pilate saith to them, You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you can. 66. And they went and made the sepulcher secures sealing the stone, and posting guards. Matthew 27:62. And the next day. In thi…

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The Church Fathers

Pilate's answer to their request is as much as to say, Be it enough for you that ye have conspired the death of an innocent man, henceforth let your error remain with you.
— Rabanus Maurus ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

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Dictionary and topics

Guard — (1.) Heb. tabbah (properly a “cook,” and in a secondary sense “executioner,” because this office fell to the lot of the cook in Eastern countries), the bodyguard of the kings of Egypt (Gen. 37:36)…
Resurrection Of Christ, The · Fraud impossible in — Fraud impossible in
Soldiers · Guard the gravesite of Jesus — Guard the gravesite of Jesus
Watchmen · Soldiers generally acted as — Soldiers generally acted as

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 27:65

John Gill on Matthew 27:65

John Calvin on Matthew 27:62–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Matthew 27:65

John Gill on Matthew 27:65

John Calvin on Matthew 27:62–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 27:62-66