Bible Question: How many guards? in Matthew 27:65 |
Bible Answer: Jim, I will bear second witness to a quantity of 4 guards for the following: a watch equals a guard: the word being a transliteration of the Latin custodia, consisting of four soldiers(Acts 12:4) Greek word is Koustodia .(It only occurs here and in Matt 28:11) Acts 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. quaternions in Greek is tetradion, a body of four. Only here. There were four sodiers to guard Peter for each of the four watches. The prisoner was chained to two and the other two kept watch. See Acts 12:6. Thanks for the great question. Peace |