Matthew 27:65
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
So they went,.... From Pilate's palace, to the garden of Joseph, and to the sepulchre there; which whether more than a sabbath day's journey, or two thousand cubits, may be inquired; and if so, then…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Ye have a watch - The Jews had a guard of Roman soldiers, who kept watch in the tower of Antonia, on the northwest of the temple. Pilate either referred to these, or to the “watch” that attended the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Ye have a watch The meaning is either (1) that Pilate refuses the request; "Ye have a watch of your own" (a) the Levitical temple guard, or (b) a small body of soldiers whom Pilate may have already…
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