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NASB | Matthew 28:11 ¶ Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 28:11 ¶ While they were on their way, some of the [Roman] guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. |
Subject: Roman guard myth? |
Bible Note: 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 |