Matthew 28:11-15

The Guards Report the Body Stolen

11 And [while] they were going, behold, some of the guard of soldiers went into the city [and] reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.
12 And [after they] had assembled with the elders and had taken counsel, they gave a rather large sum of money to the soldiers,
13 telling [them], "Say 'His disciples came during the night [and] stole him [while] we were sleeping.'
14 And if this [matter] is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and {keep you out of trouble}."
15 So they took the money [and] did as they were told, and spread abroad this report among the Jews until this very day.

Footnotes 8

  • [a]. *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were going")
  • [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("went") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [c]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("had assembled") which is understood as temporal
  • [d]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [e]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("came") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [f]. *Here "[while]" is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle ("were sleeping")
  • [g]. Literally "make you free from care"
  • [h]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("took") has been translated as a finite verb
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