Matthew 28:14 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 28:14

If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care.

KJV

And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

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Commentary

4 voices

Hilary of Poitiers

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (367)

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.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Peter Chrysologus

SERMONS 76.4 (450)

Among these misdeeds, we find the priests bribing people and, what is worse, deceiving them by pointing falsely to the misdeeds of others. Meanwhile they were putting a price on sin. They paid money to cover up their manipulations. They buy out Judas who betrayed …

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

If this came to the governor’s ears - Pilate - we will persuade him that it is for his own interest and honor to join in the deception; and we will render you secure - we will take care that you shalt not suffer that punishment for this pretended breach of duty which otherwise you might expect.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The meaning then is, "If this come before the governor--as it likely will--we shall see to it that," &c. The "persuasion" of Pilate meant, doubtless, quieting him by a bribe, which we know otherwise he was by no means above taking (like Felix afterwards, Ac 24:26).

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
ἀκουσθῇ	akousthēa	shall be heard	G191 →
τοῦτο	touto	this	G3778 →
ἐπὶ	epi	by	G1909 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
ἡγεμόνος,	hēgemonos	governor,	G2232 →
ἡμεῖς	hēmeis	we ourselves	G3165 →
πείσομεν	peisomen	will persuade	G3982 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὑμᾶς	humas	you	G4771 →
ἀμερίμνους	amerimnous	out of trouble	G275 →
ποιήσομεν.¶	poiēsomen	will keep.	G4160 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 27:2
They bound Him, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate the governor.
leads to
- Acts 3:13
  The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
- Matthew 20:19
  and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
- Luke 13:1
  At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
- 1 Timothy 6:13
  I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
Through
Acts 12:19
After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
leads to
- Acts 16:27
  When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.
- John 12:10–11
  So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
- Psalms 37:32–33
  Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
- Acts 21:8
  Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.