Matthew 27:65-66
65Pilate said to them, “You have aa guard ▼▼Or Take a guard
of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” 66So they went and made the tomb secure by csealing the stone and setting a guard. John 18:12
Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas
12So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews ▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verses 14, 31, 36, 38
arrested Jesus and bound him. Acts 5:26
26Then ethe captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for fthey were afraid of being stoned by the people.
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