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1 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | JCrichton | 122163 | ||
Hi, Norrie! Perhaps you are a stickler to the letter of the translation: Matthew 28:11-15 28:11 - Now while they were on their way, some of the guards went off into the city to tell the chief priests all that had happened. 28:12 - These held a meeting with the elders and, after some discussion, handed a considerable sum of money to the soldiers 28:13 - with these instructions, 'This is what you must say, "his disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep." 28:14 - and should the governor come to hear of this, we undertake to put things right with him ourselves and to see that you do not get into trouble.' 28:15 - so they took the money and carried out their instructions, and to this day that is the story among the Jews. 28:12 talks about soldiers--why would the Romans allow the Jewish people to maintain an army within Roman occupied territory? 28:14 talks about the chief priests vowing to protect them from the governor--why the Roman governor get involved in a Jewish dispute about some guards that fell asleep while guarding some "nonsense" tomb? 18:15 talks about them taking "a considerable sum" of money from the chief priests--why would the priests, as shrewd as they were, give additional moneys to their own temple guards to perform a task that would be an extension of their service? 28:15 - talks about a story passed among the Jews--do you not think that if simple temple guards were outsmarted by Jesus' disciples the story would carry less and less wieght with the passing of time? Now Romans guards... that's a different story! The Romans were known for ther fierceness, their military code of conduct, and their unyielding valor (translation: if they failed their superior officers they could be imprisoned or killed!). Please reread Matthew 28:11-15 and think about this: why would the chief priests need to go to the Romans to post their own temple guards on the tomb, and why would the Romans care if the guards did a poor job at the tomb of a Jew? God Bless! Angel |
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2 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | following him | 122191 | ||
Hello again Norrie; along with what JCrichton explained; much of our idea that the guards were temple guards comes from how we interpret Matt 27:65 Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how." We can either say Pilot was saying that they have their own guards so use them or; to use idioms of today "you want them you've got them" meaning you asked for them I will give them. The Hebrews may have had a guard for the temple to keep order there but JCrichton is correct that they certainly would not have had authority anywhere outside the temple. The Romans held absolute authority every where else. The only reason they would not interfere with the temple is because that would certainly cause dissention and possibly rebellion among the Jews. | ||||||
3 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | Norrie | 122244 | ||
Pilate was also quite sick of the Jews, his wife was giving him a bad time about executing an innocent man, from what I've been trying to discover, it seems he told them more like do it yourself because he was tired of their whining. Yes, later they sent a msg to Pilate about guards sleeping trying to CYA. Accd to above book, the note went like this: "Joseph Caiaphas to Ponyius Pilatus, peace. The followers of the Nazarene will stop at nothing, as you have doubtless heard. They came at night and stole his body while the guards were sleeping. Therefore if any claims are made to his so-called 'resurrection,' you will know how to interpret these. We are grateful for your cooperation. Do not think harshly of our guards for falling asleep. They have been exhausted over the last days in pursuing this case. Peace Pilate had contempt for such an excuse in behalf of sleeping guards. Didn't they set up shifts? They would not have come off so lightly if they were Roman auxiliaries." I know the Pilate book is an historical novel but the author did a lot of research in it. The back of book is loaded w/references. This question started because my daughter asked it the other night. :) |
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