![]() ![]() The Gospel of Peter uses a Roman guard, but this is probably read into the tradition and may be designed to emphasize the strength of the guard. Pilate says, 'You have a guard make it as secure as you can.' It is not clear if this means that Pilate gave them a Roman guard or told them to use their own temple guard. Īccording to Matthew's version, on Saturday, that is, on the Sabbath, which Matthew strangely circumnavigates by calling it the day after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees ask Pilate for a guard to secure the tomb to prevent the disciples from stealing the body and thus 'fulfilling' Jesus' prediction of rising on the third day. 44), the gospel of Peter also relates the story of the guard at the tomb, and its account may well be independent of Matthew, since the verbal similarities are practically nil. Though Matthew alone of the four evangelists mentions the guard at the tomb (John mentions a guard in connection with Jesus' arrest cf. Jew: 'No, his disciples stole away his body while the guard slept.'Ĭhristian: 'The chief priests bribed the guard to say this.' ![]() ![]() Jew: 'No, his disciples stole away his body.'Ĭhristian: 'The guard at the tomb would have prevented any such theft.' ![]()
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