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1 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | Norrie | 122240 | ||
OK, I reread the acct in the historical novel of Pontius Pilate by Paul Maier. For each chapter, in back he has the historical data from where he got his info. This is what it says: "THE GUARD AT THE TOMB: There is some contraversy as to whether the Jewish temple police or Pilate's Roman auxiliaries were used to guard the sepulcher. The Greek of Matthew 27:65 cites Pilate's statement simply as: "You have a guard," though grammatically this could also be translated. "You may have a guard." But the first translation seems perferrable, since the watch reported the empty tomb directly to the chief priests rather than Pilate (Matt 28:11), which the temple police would certainly have done. Pilate's auxiliaries would clearly have reported to him and only to him. Terullian, "Apologeticus" xxi, 20, also speaks of Jewish military guard at the tomb." |
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2 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | following him | 122246 | ||
If it was a Roman guard they may not have reported back to Pilot because of the punishment they would face due to their failing to guard the tomb as they were supposed to and so went to the priest to insure their own survival. It is also conceivable that they would report first to the priests because it was priests who received the guards from Pilot. | ||||||
3 | Roman guard myth? | Matt 28:11 | Norrie | 122247 | ||
They would have been punished regardless, whether they reported to priests first or Pilate if it was Romans. From all the evidence, I believe it was temple guards. Pilate was thoroughly disgusted w/the whole matter and wanted nothing more to do w/it, he told priests to do what they wanted. | ||||||