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The soldiers were early mentioned as keeping watch over the crucifixion at Matthew 5:36. This verse highlights their leader, a centurion. This verse highlights their leader, a centurion. It is the second time a centurion appears in Matthew, the previous time being the healing the Centurion's servant in Matthew 8 .
In the King James Version of the Bible this verse is translated as: 15: So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. The modern World English Bible translates the passage as: 15: So they took the money and did as they were told.
Matthew 28:12 is the twelfth verse of the twenty-eighth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.This verse is part of the resurrection narrative. In this verse the guards of the tomb, after being present for an angel hearkening the resurrection, are bribed by the priests to lie about what they saw.
Jerome: "But if the dead shall bury the dead, we ought not to be careful for the dead but for the living, lest while we are anxious for the dead, we ourselves should be counted dead." [4] Gregory the Great: "The dead also bury the dead, when sinners protect sinners. They who exalt sinners with their praises, hide the dead under a pile of words ...
The Greek term used in this verse, Greek: κουστωδίας, koustodia, is a borrowing from the Latin custodia, and thus also implies Roman forces. [2] This is the same wording as is used at Matthew 27:27, where the soldiers are clearly Roman guards. [4] However, R. T. France argues that the guards were probably Jewish temple guards.
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The phrase engraved onto a CWGC gravestone Use on a First World War gravestone for an unknown Australian lieutenant Use on a Second World War grave marker for a soldier of unknown allegiance Used on a variant headstone for geologically unstable areas Use on a 1900 Second Boer War grave marker of an unknown British soldier, though the plaque is of a later date
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