Subject: How many guards? in Matthew 27:65 |
Bible Note: Matthew 27:66 So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone and setting a watch. Note: THEY went. Apparently the very next verse after verse 65 indicates that two or more soldiers made up the guard. Also, in the military, when someone sets a watch or guard, never is only one guard used to keep watch for 24 hours. The person standing guard duty at a particular post is relieved by ANOTHER person at regular intervals, which usually vary from once every four hours to once every three hours. As to the exact number of guards assigned to this post in Matthew 27 note: Since the Bible is silent regarding your question, how are we to know the answer with any certainty? We can speculate from now until Armageddon, but that will not get us anywhere. Speculation will not bring us any closer to the truth. Approximately 90 percent or more of the posters at this Forum need to learn to respect the silence of the Bible. Where the Bible is silent, we need not speculate. |