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Matthew 27:66 Cross-References
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“So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.”
Matthew 27:66 (KJV)
Commentary on Matthew 27:66
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch (ἐσφαλίσαντο τὸν τάφον σφραγίσαντες τὸν λίθον)—The religious authorities took unprecedented precautions against resurrection. The verb esphalisanto (ἐσφαλίσαντο) means 'they secured/made safe,' while sphragisantes (σφραγίσαντες) indicates official sealing, likely with wax and the Roman imperial seal. The koustōdian (κουστωδίαν, Latin custodia) was a quaternion of Roman soldiers (4-16 men) whose lives would be forfeit if the body disappeared.Ironically, their efforts to prevent the resurrection proclamation became...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Matthew 27:66
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“and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet”
“having this seal”
“which he had hewn out in the rock”
“there was a great earthquake”
“behold”