Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Matthew: Chapter 27].
27:64 {The last error} (\h• eschat• plan•\). The last delusion,
imposture (Weymouth), fraud (Moffatt). Latin _error_ is used in
both senses, from _errare_, to go astray. The first fraud was
belief in the Messiahship of Jesus, the second belief in his
resurrection.
27:65 {Make it as sure as you can} (\asphalisasthe h•s oidate\).
"Make it secure for yourselves (ingressive aorist middle) as you
know how." {Have a guard} (\echete koust•dian\), present
imperative, a guard of Roman soldiers, not mere temple police.
The Latin term _koust•dia_ occurs in an Oxyrhynchus papyrus of
A.D. 22. "The curt permission to the Jews whom he despised is
suitable in the mouth of the Roman official" (McNeile).
27:66 {Sealing the stone, the guard being with them}
(\sphragisant•s ton lithon meta t•s koust•dias\). Probably by a
cord stretched across the stone and sealed at each end as in Da
6:17. The sealing was done in the presence of the Roman guard
who were left in charge to protect this stamp of Roman authority
and power. They did their best to prevent theft and the
resurrection (Bruce), but they overreached themselves and
provided additional witness to the fact of the empty tomb and the
resurrection of Jesus (Plummer).
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(Matthew: Chapter 27)