Matthew 28:12
in Matthew 28And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave much money unto the soldiers,
KJV
And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
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This verse in Matthew 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseon Matthew 28:11-15
The concealment of the Resurrection, and the false allegation of theft, is purchased by money; because by the honour of this world, which consists in money and desire, Christ's glory is denied.
This site's exposition
shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done
on Matthew 28:11-15
Some of the same guards who had fallen as dead men now report everything honestly to the chief priests, who respond not with faith but with a payment large enough, Matthew's own word for it, to buy silence and a story neither party actually believes. The bribed account, his disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept, convicts itself on its own terms, since sleeping soldiers could not have witnessed what happened while they slept, a self-defeating rumor the bench notes Justin Martyr already had to answer in the second century as still current among critics of the church. The chief priests' promise to secure the guards from Pilate's own discipline shows the cover story required collusion at every level Rome could reach, and Matthew records that this saying is commonly reported until this day, meaning still current decades later when he wrote.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
With the elders - That is, the senators of the great Sanhedrin or Jewish council of state, elsewhere called the elders of the people; they could now meet, as the Sabbath was over.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
And when they were assembled with the elders--But Joseph at least was absent: Gamaliel probably also; and perhaps others. and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers--It would need a good deal; but the whole case of the Jewish authorities was now at stake.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| συναχθέντες | sunachthentes | having been gathered together | G4863 → | 59 times |
| μετὰ | meta | with | G3326 → | 461 times |
| τῶν | ton | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| πρεσβυτέρων | presbuteron | elders | G4245 → | 65 times |
| συμβούλιόν | sumboulion | counsel | G4824 → | 8 times |
| τε | te | then | G5037 → | 213 times |
| λαβόντες | labontes | having taken | G2983 → | 257 times |
| ἀργύρια | arguria | silver pieces | G694 → | 20 times |
| ἱκανὰ | hikana | many | G2425 → | 39 times |
| ἔδωκαν | edokan | they gave | G1325 → | 412 times |
| τοῖς | tois | to the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| στρατιώταις | stratiotais | soldiers | G4757 → | 26 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
συναχθέντεςhaving been gathered together
sunachthentesG4863 →59 times
μετὰwith
metaG3326 →461 times
τῶνthe
tonG3588 →19766 times
πρεσβυτέρωνelders
presbuteronG4245 →65 times
συμβούλιόνcounsel
sumboulionG4824 →8 times
τεthen
teG5037 →213 times
λαβόντεςhaving taken
labontesG2983 →257 times
ἀργύριαsilver pieces
arguriaG694 →20 times
ἱκανὰmany
hikanaG2425 →39 times
ἔδωκανthey gave
edokanG1325 →412 times
τοῖςto the
toisG3588 →19766 times
στρατιώταιςsoldiers
stratiotaisG4757 →26 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Acts 5:40At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
it leads to
- Matthew 10:17
But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.
- Acts 4:17–21
But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
- Mark 13:9
So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.
- John 19:1–4
Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
- 2 Corinthians 11:24
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
- Matthew 10:17
Where this verse is studied
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About Matthew
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Hilary of Poitiers, Catena Aurea by Aquinas; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament.