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Pilateὁ Πιλᾶτοςsaidἔφηto them,αὐτοῖς“You haveἜχετεa guard;κουστωδίανgo,ὑπάγετεmake it secureἀσφαλίσασθεasὡςyou know how.”οἴδατε
Matthew 27:65
Study it in the app“Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it secure as you know how.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 27:65, word by word
- PilateΠιλᾶτοςPilatos
Pilate
Pilate: Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.
Where else “Pilatos” appears- saidἔφηephē
say
Say.
Where else “ephē” appears- “You haveἜχετεEchete
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “Echete” appears- a guardκουστωδίανkoustōdian
guard
Guard: a group of soldiers posted to keep watch.
Where else “koustōdian” appears- goὑπάγετεhypagete
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypagete” appears- make it secureἀσφαλίσασθεasphalisasthe
secure, make fast
Secure, make firm, guard; fasten.
Where else “asphalisasthe” appears- you know howοἴδατεoidate
know
To hold a fact as certain, to be aware of it.
Where else “oidate” appears
Translation note
“You have a guard” can also be understood as a command: “Take a guard.”
The context
64So order the grave to be made secure until the third day, so that his disciples may not come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”
65 · This verse (above)
66And they went and made the grave secure, sealing the stone, with the guard.
To study Matthew 27 in a group
1. What it says
What did Pilate ask Jesus, and how did Jesus answer (v. 11)?
2. What it means
What happened when Jesus died, and what did the centurion and those with him say (vv. 50–54)?
3. How I live it
Joseph of Arimathea asked for Jesus' body and buried it with care (vv. 57–60). What gesture of respect can you offer someone grieving?