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Matt. 27:65      Matt. 28:1

Matthew 27:66

They went and protected the tomb by sealing the stone [with a Roman seal, see Dan. 6:17], and the guard was posted to keep watch.
[The expression "you have a guard" could mean that they already had a guard force, referring to the Jewish temple guards who were under the high priests. However, it is more likely that Pilate granted a Roman guard of at least four men to be at their disposal, perhaps some of the Roman soldiers who had been involved in the execution of Jesus and who were available.
A Roman guard force consisted of at least four soldiers, as they needed to cover the night shifts, from six in the evening to six in the morning, which were divided into four three-hour shifts. When Peter is imprisoned in Acts 12:4, sixteen soldiers are assigned to guard him, so it is not unlikely that of the nearly 600 soldiers who were there to prevent unrest in Jerusalem during the Jewish Passover, four, sixteen, or more were assigned to prevent possible riots around Jesus' tomb.]
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Οἱ   δὲ   πορευθέντες   ἠσφαλίσαντο   τὸν   τάφον   σφραγίσαντες   τὸν   λίθον   μετὰ   τῆς   κουστωδίας.¶  

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The greek text has 12 words. There is no difference between NA and TR in this verse.


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Strongs nr Greek English Grammar Code
G3588
 Οἱ (Oi)
Definite article Definite article
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
T-NPM
G1161
 δὲ (de)
 And
Conj. Conjunktion
 CONJ
G4198
 πορευθέντες (poreythentes)
 having gone,
VERB Verb
aorist passive dep. part. aorist passive deponent Participle
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
V-AOP-NPM
G0805
 ἠσφαλίσαντο (esphalisanto)
 they made secure
VERB Verb
aorist deponent ind. aorist middle-deponent indicative
pl. third person plural
V-ADI-3P
G3588
 τὸν (ton)
 the
Definite article Definite article
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
T-ASM
G5028
 τάφον (taphon)
 tomb,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM
G4972
 σφραγίσαντες (sphragisantes)
 having sealed
VERB Verb
aorist active part. aorist active Participle
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
V-AAP-NPM
G3588
 τὸν (ton)
 the
Definite article Definite article
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
T-ASM
G3037
 λίθον (lithon)
 stone,
Noun Noun
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
N-ASM
G3326
 μετὰ (meta)
 with
Preposition Preposition
 PREP
G3588
 τῆς (tes)
 the
Definite article Definite article
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
T-GSF
G2892
 κουστωδίας.¶ (koystodias.)
 guard.
Noun Noun
gen. sing. ♀ genitive singular feminine
N-GSF

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